Dinosaurs
Animals which keep a constant body temperature are called endotherms. Dinosaurs were believed to be not endotherms, likewise the modern reptiles. The author of the reading passage opposes this widely spread belief. Nevertheless, the lecturer contradicts his points.
According to the author, the first reason to believe that dinosaurs were endotherms is unusual fossils excavated in Polar Regions. The author claims, that only animals which have a much higher temperature than the surrounding environment can remain alive in such a severe climate. Yet, the lecturer brings up the fact that millions of years ago, when the dinosaurs existed, the climate in this area was considerably moderate. Moreover, there is a possibility that the animals were simply migrating through it. Consequently, the fossils do not prove anything.
Another argument made by the author stands for leg position. Dinosaurs' legs were located underneath the body and not by its sides. He claims that this, in fact, is one of the endotherms' characteristics. However, the lecturer cast a doubt on this point of view. There is another, more convincing explanation of this position, which is legs were merely supporting the gigantic body weight.
Finally, the author talks about Haversian canals. Their existence is explained by rapid bone growth the year, which is also another typical feature of endothermy. The lecturer confirms this statement, albeit disapproves the meaning of it. She mentions the thickening of the bone structure called growth rings that show the periods during which a specimen grew. Dinosaurs tended to grow slower while being in a cold climate, which is distinctive for mammals that are not endotherms.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 484, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ve for mammals that are not endotherms.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, consequently, finally, first, however, likewise, moreover, nevertheless, so, while, in fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 1.0 7.30242825607 14% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1443.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 266.0 270.72406181 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.42481203008 5.08290768461 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03850299372 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82852955724 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 145.348785872 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.612781954887 0.540411800872 113% => OK
syllable_count: 442.8 419.366225166 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.1163482403 49.2860985944 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 75.9473684211 110.228320801 69% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.0 21.698381199 65% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.10526315789 7.06452816374 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 13.0 4.27373068433 304% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.186043081812 0.272083759551 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0577322854654 0.0996497079465 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0981907965488 0.0662205650399 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.120026986113 0.162205337803 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0335710043249 0.0443174109184 76% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => 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: 13.56 12.2367328918 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.38 8.42419426049 111% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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