Anting in birds and some possible benefits of it.
The passage and the lecture are both about a phenomenon called anting in which after picking up the ant they rub it on their feather. According to this phenomenon, the author of the passage is of an opinion that this habit in birds has some benefits. On the other hand, the professor contradicts each of the claims addressed by the author. He thinks it is unclear whether this activity has benefits for birds or not.
To begin with, the author believes that this action occurs in order to relieve skin irritation that birds feel in summer. This claim is challenged by the lecturer. He accepts this happened in summer but he thinks it is not because of the fact that the passage mentions. However, he holds an opinion that this is only because ants are more active in the summer than other seasons so it makes easier for birds to find small insects and catch them.
Secondly, the reading passage asserts that fowls rub ant on their feathers because they want to make a protection layer on their body to be safe from parasites. According to the research mentioned by the lecture, the professor believes it is not reasonable to consider this action as protection since the scholars have rebutted it.
Finally, the author of the passage indicates that by rubbing ants on the body, birds make those creatures ready to be eaten after eliminating bitter taste from them. The professor says if it is true, why they rub anything they found on their body instead of ants. He mentions that they do the same action with cigarettes or soups. It is obvious they eat neither cigarette nor soup. In other words, he believes it is only instinctive behavior.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 223, Rule ID: BECAUSE_OF_THE_FACT_THAT[1]
Message: This phrase is redundant. Use simply 'because'.
Suggestion: because
...pened in summer but he thinks it is not because of the fact that the passage mentions. However, he holds...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, however, if, second, secondly, so, in other words, it is true, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 44.0 22.412803532 196% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => 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: 1357.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 289.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 4.6955017301 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12310562562 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.40969116504 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.529411764706 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 418.5 419.366225166 100% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
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: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.6794383358 49.2860985944 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.4666666667 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.2666666667 21.698381199 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.26666666667 7.06452816374 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.162974725294 0.272083759551 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0507911272759 0.0996497079465 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0601647991509 0.0662205650399 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.103208702862 0.162205337803 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0757846689341 0.0443174109184 171% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.3 13.3589403974 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 69.11 53.8541721854 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.3 11.0289183223 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.98 12.2367328918 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.8 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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