Integrated essay:
In the past century, the steady growth of the human population and the corresponding increase in agriculture and pesticide use have caused much harm to wildlife in the United States—birds in particular. Unfortunately for birds, these trends are likely to continue, with the result that the number of birds in the United States will necessarily decline.
Both the passage and the author discuss about decreasing the population of birds. The passage holds the opinion that the human activities lead to decreasing the bird’s population and provides three reasons to support its approach. However, the professor is skeptical about the essay’s way of reasoning and accordingly, contradicts each reason which is mentioned by the author.
First, the passage posits that when the human population continues to expand, the bird’s habitats will continue to disappear. By increasing the constructions, buildings, and homes, the traditional areas where were ...
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the farmers are be aware about the consequences
the farmers are aware of the consequences
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 26 in 30
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 11 12
No. of Words: 276 250
No. of Characters: 1438 1200
No. of Different Words: 145 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.076 4.2
Average Word Length: 5.21 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.736 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 101 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 83 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 60 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 43 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 25.091 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.361 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.636 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.384 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.635 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.083 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4