Summary the points in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on specific points in the reading passage.
The reading passage and listening lecture argue that whether pterosaurs can fly or not. Reading passage lists three specific reasons to illustrate that pterosaurs are not able to fly. However, Professor in the listening materials refute these three reasons by strong and undeniable evidence.
First of all, the passage intends that pterosaurs are cold-blooded animals which has slower metabolism and cannot produce enough energy for flying. In contrary, the lecturer points out that pterosaurs have hair-like covering like fur which only warm-blooded animals have. Pterosaurs need this feature to keep temperature warm. Therefore, pterosaurs are warm-blooded animal which has fast metabolism and enable generate enough energy for flying.
In addition, reading material lists that pterosaurs have a heavy weight which indicate they cannot flap wings fast to take off from the ground. In controversy, speakers says pterosaurs have special features to gain flying ability. They have hollow and light bone in order to decrease the body weight drastically. As a result, pterosaurs flap their wings to fly without any doubt. Then, the second points in the passage does not hold the water.
At last but not least, despite the statement in the passage that large pterosaurs need big and strong back muscle to take off from the ground. The listening material points out that pterosaurs has different way to launch than birds, they usually use 4 limbs to run fast enough to gain the speed they need or jump high enough to fly. As a result the third reason is refuted by clear and strong evidence in lecture.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 60, Rule ID: HEAVY_WEIGHT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'heavyweight'?
Suggestion: heavyweight
...g material lists that pterosaurs have a heavy weight which indicate they cannot flap wings f...
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Line 7, column 415, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...y clear and strong evidence in lecture.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, so, then, therefore, third, in addition, as a result, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 10.4613686534 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1351.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 258.0 270.72406181 95% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23643410853 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00778971557 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.5475615218 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 143.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.554263565891 0.540411800872 103% => OK
syllable_count: 400.5 419.366225166 96% => 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: 5.0 8.23620309051 61% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.4923127369 49.2860985944 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.0666666667 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.6 7.06452816374 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.109357504974 0.272083759551 40% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0397054585028 0.0996497079465 40% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0379146911074 0.0662205650399 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0702108742162 0.162205337803 43% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0291077136288 0.0443174109184 66% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.72 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 53.0 63.6247240618 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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