As early as the twelfth century A.D., the settlements of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico in the American Southwest were notable for their "great houses," massive stone buildings that contain hundreds of rooms and often stand three or four stories high. Archaeologists have been trying to determine how the buildings were used. While there is still no universally agreed-upon explanation, there are three competing theories. One theory holds that the Chaco structures were purely residential, with each housing hundreds of people. Supporters of this theory have interpreted Chaco great houses as earlier versions of the architecture seen in more recent Southwest societies. In particular, the Chaco houses appear strikingly similar to the large, well-known "apartment buildings" at Taos, New Mexico, in which many people have been living for centuries. A second theory contends that the Chaco structures were used to store food supplies. One of the main crops of the Chaco people was grain maize, which could be stored for long periods of time without spoiling and could serve as a long-lasting supply of food. The supplies of maize had to be stored somewhere, and the size of the great houses would make them very suitable for the purpose. A third theory proposes that houses were used as ceremonial centers. Close to one house, called Pueblo Alto, archaeologists identified an enormous mound formed by a pile of old material. Excavations of the mound revealed deposits containing a surprisingly large number of broken pots. This finding has been interpreted as evidence that people gathered at Pueblo Alto for special ceremonies. At the ceremonies, they ate festive meals and then discarded the pots in which the meals had been prepared or served. Such ceremonies have been documented for other Native American cultures.
Recently, there has been a ton of debate as to determine the use of a notable great houses Chaco Canyon of the twelfth century A.D. More specifically, in regard to the passage, the writer puts forth the idea that these great houses were used for three reasons such as, residential purpose, storing food supplies or as ceremonial center. In the listening passage, the lecturer is quick to point out there are some serious flaws in the writer’s claims. In fact, the professor believes there are no evidence that this buildings are used for these three purposes and addresses, in detail, the trouble with each point made in the reading text.
First and foremost, the author of the reading states that these massive stone buildings were the Chaco structures and they were purely residential, with each housing hundreds of people can live. because, this buildings have enough place as hundred familes can live together. Some professionals in the same field, however, stand in firm opposition to this claim. In the listening, for example, the professor states in these buildings have limited fireplaces as only ten families can use them. He goes on to say that a hundred families can never live by using such a limited amount of fireplaces.
Secondly, one group of scholars, represented by the writer, thinks that these great buildings were used for storage of crops. Of course, though, not all experts in this sector believe this is accurate. Again, the speaker specifically addresses this point when he states there is no sign that they were used for storehouse because they were used for store, different big containers were found. Additionally, he notes that some traces of grains can also be found.
Finally, the author wraps his argument by positing that this buildings were used for ceremonial purpose. Not surprisingly, the lecturer takes issue with this claim by contending that it never possible that these great buildings were used for such purpose as there are no sign of celebration marriage ceremony. But there is only found building constructing materials such as, sand, bricks and other trash materials.
To sum up, both the writer and professor hold conflicting views about the use of these buildings. It is clear that they will have trouble, in case of finding common ground on this issue.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, as to, for example, in fact, of course, such as, in regard to, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 10.4613686534 191% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 38.0 22.412803532 170% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 43.0 30.3222958057 142% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1935.0 1373.03311258 141% => OK
No of words: 383.0 270.72406181 141% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.05221932115 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.42384287591 4.04702891845 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56710947573 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 203.0 145.348785872 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.530026109661 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 591.3 419.366225166 141% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 2.5761589404 349% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 66.7365838675 49.2860985944 135% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.823529412 110.228320801 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5294117647 21.698381199 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.88235294118 7.06452816374 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 4.19205298013 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.191306966635 0.272083759551 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0603707406273 0.0996497079465 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0603696865631 0.0662205650399 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.105269577396 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0583193102189 0.0443174109184 132% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.3589403974 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.31 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 10.7273730684 168% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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