The reading passage introduces three theories to explain the yellow cedar species declining in northwestern North America. However, the professor in the listening thinks none of these theories are proper and still no clear evidence has been approved to explain its population's declining.
First, the reading states that the cedar bark beetle insect could be the cause of decreasing cedar species. The professor argues against this point by stating that healthy cedar trees have more resistance than other trees species due to its chemical substance that considered harmful to bark beetle insect. Also, he mentions that the recorded instances of beetle attacks to cedar were only for trees that already damaged and weak.
Second, the passage states that bears sometimes eat cedars trees, which may be responsible for the decline. The professor contends this point by saying that even though bears feed on cedars plant, but this won't affect the entire population of the species. Moreover, he points out that there was an island that no bears exist there, and the declining of cedars species continue. Thus. bears are not responsible for decreasing cedars population.
Finally, the reading states that climate change is could be the cause of the decline due to its impact on yellow cedar’s sensitive root growing. The professor points out an important point that ignored by the theory which is more trees are dying in low elevation in comparison to high elevation, which contradicts the reading point.
All in all, the professor disagrees with what is presented in the passage. The reading provides three theories account for yellow cedar population’s decline; however, the professor casts doubt on each theory.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 289, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...d to explain its populations declining. First, the reading states that the cedar...
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Line 5, column 379, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...e declining of cedars species continue. Thus. bears are not responsible for decreasi...
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Line 5, column 385, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Bears
...ining of cedars species continue. Thus. bears are not responsible for decreasing ceda...
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Line 7, column 49, Rule ID: IS_SHOULD[1]
Message: Did you mean 'it'?
Suggestion: it
... the reading states that climate change is could be the cause of the decline due t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, may, moreover, second, so, still, thus
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1460.0 1373.03311258 106% => OK
No of words: 273.0 270.72406181 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.34798534799 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06481385082 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57579750535 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 149.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.545787545788 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 428.4 419.366225166 102% => 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: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => 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: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.3999506903 49.2860985944 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.307692308 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 21.698381199 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.69230769231 7.06452816374 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.397148636748 0.272083759551 146% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.151339638384 0.0996497079465 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0874519847568 0.0662205650399 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.203221817166 0.162205337803 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0949396329189 0.0443174109184 214% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 13.3589403974 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.75 12.2367328918 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.5 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 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.