Robert E. Peary was a well-known adventurer and arctic explorer who in 1909 set out to reach the North Pole. When he returned from the expedition, he claimed to have reached the pole on April 7, 1909. This report made him into an international celebrity. Though some historians have expressed doubts that Peary did, in fact, reach the North Pole, three arguments provide strong support for the truth of Peary’s claim.
First, the National Geographic Society put together a committee that was instructed to conduct a thorough investigation of Peary’s records and equipment. At the end of the investigation, the committee concluded that Peary’s accounts were consistent and persuasive and declared that he had indeed reached the North Pole.
Second, a recent expedition provides support for Peary’s claim that he reached the North Pole in only 37 days after setting out from Ellesmere Island off the coast of Greenland. Skeptics used to argue that Peary could not have traveled that fast. Since even modern snowmobiles take longer to cover the same distance. However, a British explorer named Tom Avery recently made the same trek in less than 37 days. In fact, Avery used the same kind of dogsled and the same number and breed of dogs as Peary had. Thus, Peary’s claims are not impossible, and he very well might have been telling the truth.
Third, there are photographs taken by Peary that support his claim to have reached the North Pole. Measuring the shadows in Peary's photographs makes it possible to calculate the Sun's position in the north pole. The Sun's position established from the photographs corresponds exactly to the Sun's position as it should have been at the North Pole on that day. This provides strong evidence that Peary reached the North Pole and took the photographs there.
The lecturer challenges the topic proposed in the reading that three arguments provide strong support for the truth of Peary's claim, because there is no solid evidence to prove this and she thinks these arguments are not convincing.
First, the passage indicates that the National Geographic Society put together a committee that was instructed to conduct a thorough investigation. However, the professor points out that the committee is not completely objective, because the committee mostly consists of Peary's friends and people who cost considerable money to found the trip. And they only use 2 days to examine the records and equipment, which is not careful. Thus, the committee is not trustworthy.
Second, the essay supposes that a recent expedition provides support for Peary's claim. But the lecturer considers that Avery used less time because he had less weight. He did not transport food which is dropped on the way and transported by the airplane. So Peary had more unfavorable conditions, the expedition cannot support peary's claim.
Third, the article suggests that there are photographs taken by Peary that support his claim to have reached the North Pole. Nevertheless, the shadows in the picture is not precise, so we cannot calculate the Surf's position in the sun exactly. Plus, the photographs are faded over time, and the shadows are blurred and faded. Therefore, it does not contain great accuracy to prove Peary's claim.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, nevertheless, second, so, therefore, third, thus
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 17.0 30.3222958057 56% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1215.0 1373.03311258 88% => OK
No of words: 232.0 270.72406181 86% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.23706896552 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.90276135726 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70765144317 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 141.0 145.348785872 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.60775862069 0.540411800872 112% => OK
syllable_count: 369.9 419.366225166 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 51.6907051034 49.2860985944 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 93.4615384615 110.228320801 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8461538462 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.30769230769 7.06452816374 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.148698481401 0.272083759551 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0466502623395 0.0996497079465 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0532712060644 0.0662205650399 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0787134582786 0.162205337803 49% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0356427721417 0.0443174109184 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.9 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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