Speaking Through Social Media
The reading and the lecture are both about the internet and social media. The author of the article argues that with the advent of new technologies, people were able to interact all over the world also helps them to find their voice, and allows them to speak confidently, the lecture disputes the claims mentioned in the article.
Firstly, the reading suggests that social media has become a great platform to master any kind of skill. Social media helps people to interact all over the world and were able to find friends who share the same kind of knowledge, passion, and interests. Regardless, the lecture state how social media and the internet can be used to steal people or bully them.
According to the lecture, people in 1985 have smaller networks compared to 2004 which is doubled, this is because of social media, people have lacking social skills, and do not spend much time with their families. This lecture suggests that relying on the internet, causes people to be isolated. The overall lecture suggests that social networking has too many risks.
Finally, the author puts forth the idea that social media is a great source of information, these technologies allow people to interact all over the world now able to build relationships in a way that was formerly not possible. In contrast, the lecture’s stance is social media involve too many risks not only to adults but also to children.
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- Speaking Through Social Media 87
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement People should keep trying to reach their goals even if they seem impossible to achieve Use specific reasons and examples to explain your position 60
- encyclopedias 85
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement When doing research it is better to use printed materials such as books and articles than it is to use the Internet Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The knowledge we gain from our personal experiences is more valuable than the knowledge we gain from books Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer Do not use memorized examples 60
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, so, as for, as to, in contrast, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1172.0 1373.03311258 85% => OK
No of words: 239.0 270.72406181 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.90376569038 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.93187294222 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.41593305996 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 127.0 145.348785872 87% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.531380753138 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 353.7 419.366225166 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 64.7997685181 49.2860985944 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.2 110.228320801 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.9 21.698381199 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5 7.06452816374 106% => 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: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.2829415515 0.272083759551 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130379121586 0.0996497079465 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0645754903014 0.0662205650399 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.183154813064 0.162205337803 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0371162993732 0.0443174109184 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.3589403974 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.44 12.2367328918 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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