The reading discusses three reasons to believe it is because of pollution that here has been a decline of sea otters off of alaska and california, while the lecture discusses why predation, especially by orcas, is a better explanation of the evidence presented in the reading
The article states that environmental pollution is the reason for the decline of sea otter rather than predators in the Alaskan and Clalfornian sea and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor refutes this statement. She stated that predation is a more likely reason for the sea otter declines, and she opposes every of the author's reason.
First, the article claims that water sample from the sea revealed an increased level of chemicals that reduces otter's resistance to life threatening pollution, and are indirectly causes of the otter's death. The professor refutes this statement. She stated that the statement is weakened by the fact that it is hard to find dead sea otters on the shore of Alaskan that were a result of chemical pollution.
Second, the article states that only widely occuring predators like orca could cause a decline in the rate of otters, but this orcas prefer to hunt much larger prey. The professor does not agree with this conclusion, she states that, since whales have been discovered to disappear in the sea, orcas have been forced to change their diet, therefore, they go for much smaller mammals like otters. Also, this explains the reason for the decline in other small sea mammals like seals and sea lions.
Finally, the article stated that ocean current and other environemntal factors may have created an uneven concentration of pollutants along the coast. The professor opposes this point. She noted that the uneven pattern of otter can be explained by predation. She stated that orcas are large in size, and are not found in shallow waters, this explains the reason for otters not declining in shallow water but decling in other region.
This was how the professor was able to oppose the hypothesis of the passage and provide explanation that refutes each reason given in the article.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...onmental pollution is the reason for the decline of sea otter rather than predat...
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...the reason for the decline of sea otter rather than predators in the Alaskan and...
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...asons of support. However, the professor refutes this statement. She stated that ...
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Suggestion: otters'; otter's
...ution, and are indirectly causes of the otters death. The professor refutes this state...
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...that only widely occuring predators like orca could cause a decline in the rate o...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, therefore
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1554.0 1373.03311258 113% => OK
No of words: 307.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06188925081 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18585898806 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.45673876594 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 159.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.517915309446 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 479.7 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 3.25607064018 276% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.2975762746 49.2860985944 124% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.0 110.228320801 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9285714286 21.698381199 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.71428571429 7.06452816374 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 4.19205298013 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.14708139538 0.272083759551 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0566855335836 0.0996497079465 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0509374182491 0.0662205650399 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0886306492872 0.162205337803 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0421173733307 0.0443174109184 95% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.79 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 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.