Predicting earthquakes

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Predicting earthquakes

The lecturer argues that reading passages present methods that cannot be relied upon to predict earthquakes. This contradicts the reading passage's claim that earthquakes are predictable in several ways.
First, the lecturer argues that it is impossible to predict earthquakes by watching animals' behavior. It is because we don't know whether earthquakes cause them to move or not. There is a possibility that it is just reacting to mild shaking. Additionally, we don't fully understand the general behavior of animals. This casts doubts on the argument made in the reading passage that earthquakes can be predicted by animals' behaviors.
Second, the lecturer claims that there is no reliable method of predicting human headaches. Since magnetite in the brain is so scarce, it cannot affect the human brain. Furthermore, since headaches are quite common among humans for a variety of reasons, it is impossible to differentiate between them. This refutes the argument made in the reading passage that headaches are a good indicator of earthquakes.
Lastly, the lecturer points out that radon levels in the atmosphere cannot be used to predict upheavals. This is because radon can be emitted even when there is only a small earthquake. Furthermore, it can lead to false alarms in real-life situations. This refutes the argument made in the reading passage that earthquakes can be predicted by radon.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, furthermore, if, lastly, second, so

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 1.0 7.30242825607 14% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1176.0 1373.03311258 86% => OK
No of words: 222.0 270.72406181 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.2972972973 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.8600083453 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91453624932 2.5805825403 113% => OK
Unique words: 115.0 145.348785872 79% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.518018018018 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 366.3 419.366225166 87% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 3.25607064018 307% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 19.3501076655 49.2860985944 39% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 78.4 110.228320801 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.8 21.698381199 68% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.8 7.06452816374 40% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.32671942479 0.272083759551 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.122512967025 0.0996497079465 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.136740790377 0.0662205650399 206% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.22351024434 0.162205337803 138% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.110882429334 0.0443174109184 250% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.9 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 48.81 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.87 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.03 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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