The article states that cane toads were introduced to Australia to protect farmers crops by eating harmful insects. However, the enormous increase in their numbers caused them to threaten small native animals, and this problem had to be faced. Three reasons of support were provided. But, the professor justifies that it is an uneasy process leading to unwanted environmental damage, and refutes each of the author's reasons.
First, the reading claims that building a fence is a proposed solution, especially that this method was used before. The professor, however, refutes this point by indicating that young cane toads and eggs are not inhibited to cross from side to side by a fence due to the fact that they are present in rivers and streams, which carry eggs and baby toads to the other side. Only small number is enough to show that constructing a fence is not a reliable solution.
Second, the article posits that another solution would be capturing and destroying cane toads by volunteers. However, the professor opposed that point by indicating that untrained young volunteers are capable of destroying Australian native frogs as well. It is very hard to differentiate between the two types of frogs, because of that destroying can toads was not a convenient option.
Finally, the reading states that the reproduction and maturing of cane toads can be stopped by a disease-causing virus which is very selective for them. The professor refutes this point by saying that this has dreadful consequences on America's native toads. Australian cane toads are transported to America by various ways, like by the help of researchers and pet collectors. The virus may be spread so that it would attack America's cane toads as well, which are a chief part in their ecosystem. Because of that, all the ecosystem will suffer drastically.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, well
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1541.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 302.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10264900662 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1687104957 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71847044776 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 145.348785872 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.543046357616 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 468.0 419.366225166 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => 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: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.2968201452 49.2860985944 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.733333333 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1333333333 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.66666666667 7.06452816374 52% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
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 : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.27373068433 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.45803034339 0.272083759551 168% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.137961652096 0.0996497079465 138% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.105757393764 0.0662205650399 160% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.261613910097 0.162205337803 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0618177741742 0.0443174109184 139% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.3 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.76 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 63.6247240618 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => 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.