2. What am I looking for?
Easy to read texts have low numbers in the
following:
passive voice
words per sentence
characters per word
Flesch Reading Grade level
Aim for a high number (60+) for Flesch
2
4. Academic Essays/
Assignments
How easy to read?
Here is an analysis of an
assignment brief for a low level.
Sentences per paragraph: 1
(low)
Words per sentence: 12 (high)
Characters per word: 5.3 (low)
Passive: 9% (very high)
Flesch Reading Ease: (30.4 ) (very
high)
Flsch Kikaid: 12.1 (very high)
Analysis
Text: use of passive voice,
number of long sentences.
Vocabulary score slightly
misleading because of amount of
repetition.
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