Glass is a favored building material for modern architecture, yet it is also very dangerous for wild birds. Because they often cannot distinguish between glass and open air, millions of birds are harmed every year when they try to fly through glass windows. There are, however, several solutions that responsible businesses can use to prevent injuries to birds. One-Way Glass One solution is to replace the regular, clear glass with one-way glass that is transparent in only one direction. The occupants of the building can see out, but birds and others cannot see in. If birds cannot see through a window, they will understand that the glass forms a solid barrier and will not try to fly through it. Colorful Designs A second solution is to paint colorful lines or other designs on regular window glass. For example, a window could have a design of thin stripes painted over the glass. People would still be able to see through the openings in the design where there is no paint, while birds would see the stripes and thus avoid trying to fly through the glass. Architects can be encouraged to include colorful painted patterns on glass as part of the general design of buildings. Magnetic Field The third solution is to create an artificial magnetic field to guide birds away from buildings. Humans use an instrument called a magnetic compass to determine directions - either north, south, east, or west. Bird research has shown that birds have a natural ability to sense Earth’s magnetic fields; this ability works just like a compass, and it helps birds navigate in the right direction when they fly. A building in a bird flight path can be equipped with powerful electromagnets that emit magnetic signals that steer birds in a direction away from the building.
The article states that birds are getting harmed because of the glass material that used in modern buildings. To avoid it, the author provides three solutions for support. However, the professor explains that none of these suggestions would stop birds from getting injured and refutes each of the author's solutions.
First, the reading states that one of the solutions is to use a one-way glass, which is transparent in only one direction and birds would not be able to see as an open air. The professor refutes this point by saying that it would not solve the problem because this kind of glass has the reflection as a mirror. The professor added, that birds do not understand the effect of a mirror, so they would fly straight through it. For example, when they see the reflection of trees in the glass, they do not realize that there is an obstacle and they would fly through it.
Second, the article avers that colorful designs would help the birds to avoid flying through the glass. However, the professor says that it is also a problem because the openings in the design would also be considered as holes for the birds and they would fly straight through them. It would only work in the case where the openings are designed in a very small way, but it is inconvenient for the people inside as it turns to darkness.
Third, the reading claims that integrating magnetic fields in the building to guide birds away from buildings. The professor argues that this solution does not work. He indicates that it is true that birds use magnetic fields to navigate, but this latter is used in migration (long distances). Therefore, it does not work in short areas such as cities. According to the professor, in the cities, birds use only their eyes, so this would not have a much of effect.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, second, so, therefore, third, for example, in short, kind of, such as, it is true
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 22.412803532 165% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1478.0 1373.03311258 108% => OK
No of words: 315.0 270.72406181 116% => OK
Chars per words: 4.69206349206 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21286593061 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.36863267749 2.5805825403 92% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.469841269841 0.540411800872 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 431.1 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.1653362991 49.2860985944 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.5333333333 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 21.698381199 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.2 7.06452816374 102% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => 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: 0.264605764313 0.272083759551 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0941846830798 0.0996497079465 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0861248704572 0.0662205650399 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.166526522788 0.162205337803 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0839050110895 0.0443174109184 189% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 13.3589403974 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.08 53.8541721854 125% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.92 12.2367328918 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.49 8.42419426049 89% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 63.6247240618 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => 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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