otter decline
The reading and the lectured are both discussing the decline in the number of sea otters.The passage states that environmental pollution is the main cause of this decline. However,the lecturer contradicts this claim. she believes that predation hypothesis is more convincing.
First of all, the passage states that the Alaskan coast has some known pollutants such as oil and chemicals which threaten the life of otters. In contrast, the lecturer believes that this is a weak hypothesis, she explains that if pollution was the main reason then at least there should be some otter bodies washing up on the shore , but this is not the case.
Secondly, the lecturer claims that predation is the main reason. The lecturer states that the lack of otter dead bodies on the shore can be explained by predation, such that the predators usually eats the otter without leaving evidence. the lecturer argues with the passage when it states that whales are the main meal of orcas nad not otters , she explains, beacuse whales disappeared, the orcas changed their meal into an otter .
finally, the passage states that the uneven spread of pollutants on the coast explains the uneven pattern of otter decline. However the lecturer contradicts this point, she states that orcas are big animals and they are not accessible to shallow and rocky places where the number of otters is found stable , she adds that the places where orcas are accessible have a decline in the number of otters.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, at least, in contrast, such as, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 23.0 30.3222958057 76% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1229.0 1373.03311258 90% => OK
No of words: 246.0 270.72406181 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.99593495935 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96035189615 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49892456869 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 124.0 145.348785872 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.50406504065 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 374.4 419.366225166 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 71.2390342439 49.2860985944 145% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.9 110.228320801 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.6 21.698381199 113% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.6 7.06452816374 150% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 12.0 4.19205298013 286% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.226732108848 0.272083759551 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0790704801435 0.0996497079465 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.070662250397 0.0662205650399 107% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.131343536267 0.162205337803 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0660902898656 0.0443174109184 149% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.3589403974 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.02 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.97 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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