Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific solutions proposed in the reading passage.
The reading and the lecturer both represent conflicting information about photographs of negatives that were found in California, and whether they were made by Ansel Adams. While the reading represents some arguments to support this statement made by him, the lecturer casts doubt on three criticisms of the reading statements by claiming these arguments are not convincing. He says Although there are some similarities between these negatives, there are some arguments to reject the reading's statements.
First, the reading states in these negatives there are landscapes that Adams used to have in his photographs, like pine trees. The professor, however, refutes this point and explains these pine trees are not random trees and there are placed in the famous park where there are many photographers who could go there and take a photo of them.
Second, the reading states that the envelopes holding these negatives have the same handwriting as Adams' wife on them, who is her husband's assistant. The professor calls to question this point and asserts the spelling on the envelopes is not correct. He explains that Virginia Adams grew up in this place and she could spell correctly the name of her childhood city. Thus, the author of the envelopes cannot be Adams' wife.
The last point that the lecture challenges is about a number of negatives that were damaged by fire, which challenges the standpoint by reading statements that Adams' photography studio had fired and many of the images damaged. The professor says although a fire can easily start in the studio and has a high chance, many photographers are able to deal with it nowadays.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Nowadays it is easier to maintain good health than in the past 76
- Question Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Nowadays people are more willing to help people they don t know for example by giving clothing and food to people who need them than they were in the past 76
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is important to know what is happening around the world even if it does not affect your personal lives 71
- People who develop many different skills are more successful than people who focus on one skill only 76
- It is more important to read or watch news presented by people whose views are different from your own than it is to read or watch news presented by those whose views are similar to your own 73
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, second, so, thus, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 15.1003584229 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 9.8082437276 41% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 13.8261648746 65% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.0286738351 100% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 43.0788530466 63% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 52.1666666667 61% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.0752688172 37% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1381.0 1977.66487455 70% => OK
No of words: 270.0 407.700716846 66% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.11481481481 4.8611393121 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05360046442 4.48103885553 90% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6664326029 2.67179642975 100% => OK
Unique words: 143.0 212.727598566 67% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.52962962963 0.524837075471 101% => OK
syllable_count: 428.4 618.680645161 69% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 9.59856630824 21% => OK
Article: 9.0 3.08781362007 291% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.94265232975 20% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 20.6003584229 53% => 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: 24.0 20.1344086022 119% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.1916474802 48.9658058833 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.545454545 100.406767564 125% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.5454545455 20.6045352989 119% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.90909090909 5.45110844103 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 11.8709677419 17% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88709677419 102% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.16668807506 0.236089414692 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0599170628917 0.076458572812 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0469949666294 0.0737576698707 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0905151638618 0.150856017488 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0508751663396 0.0645574589148 79% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 11.7677419355 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 58.1214874552 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 10.1575268817 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.65 10.9000537634 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.39 8.01818996416 105% => OK
difficult_words: 61.0 86.8835125448 70% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.002688172 110% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.0537634409 115% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.247311828 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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We are expecting: No. of Words: 350 while No. of Different Words: 200
Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, second, so, thus, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 15.1003584229 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 9.8082437276 41% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 13.8261648746 65% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.0286738351 100% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 43.0788530466 63% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 52.1666666667 61% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.0752688172 37% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1381.0 1977.66487455 70% => OK
No of words: 270.0 407.700716846 66% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.11481481481 4.8611393121 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05360046442 4.48103885553 90% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6664326029 2.67179642975 100% => OK
Unique words: 143.0 212.727598566 67% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.52962962963 0.524837075471 101% => OK
syllable_count: 428.4 618.680645161 69% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 9.59856630824 21% => OK
Article: 9.0 3.08781362007 291% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 1.0 3.51792114695 28% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.94265232975 20% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 20.6003584229 53% => 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: 24.0 20.1344086022 119% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.1916474802 48.9658058833 100% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.545454545 100.406767564 125% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.5454545455 20.6045352989 119% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.90909090909 5.45110844103 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.5376344086 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 11.8709677419 17% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.88709677419 102% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.16668807506 0.236089414692 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0599170628917 0.076458572812 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0469949666294 0.0737576698707 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0905151638618 0.150856017488 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0508751663396 0.0645574589148 79% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 11.7677419355 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 58.1214874552 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 10.1575268817 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.65 10.9000537634 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.39 8.01818996416 105% => OK
difficult_words: 61.0 86.8835125448 70% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.002688172 110% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.0537634409 115% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.247311828 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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We are expecting: No. of Words: 350 while No. of Different Words: 200
Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:
para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.