The reading and the listening passages are both about sea otter. While the reading passage mentions that the main cause for sea otter declining is pollution, the lecturer casts doubt on the explanation that the writer provides. She says it is the ongoing investigation has revealed that the declining is better to be explained by predation theory.
The author of the reading states that water sample from the Alaska coast revealed an increase in the chemical levels that decrease otters resistance to infection, which might be the reason for otters declining. However, the professor contends that this theory is weak because there is not otters body in the shore that explain that. Also, if this is true, other animals would be affected, but there is no evidence.
In addition, the article claims that other animals such as seals and sea lions were also declining. Also, it is mentioned that orchs prefer to hunt large animals. The professor, on the other hand, rebuts this point by stating that because of human hunters wheals change their places. Therefore, orchs start to consume smaller mammals such as seals, sea lions, and otters.
Finally, the reading passage explains that there is an uneven pattern of otter decline and that because pollution differs from place to place. The lecturer rebuts this point. She contends that because orchs can not enter the shallow places, therefore, they can not prey the small animals. Also, it is the preferable place for these animals.
All in all, the lecturer debunks all the three reasons in the lecture.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, so, therefore, while, in addition, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 20.0 30.3222958057 66% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1307.0 1373.03311258 95% => OK
No of words: 258.0 270.72406181 95% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06589147287 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00778971557 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.34189690228 2.5805825403 91% => OK
Unique words: 145.0 145.348785872 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.562015503876 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 390.6 419.366225166 93% => 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: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.976833543 49.2860985944 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.1333333333 110.228320801 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.26666666667 7.06452816374 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => 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: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.207673525493 0.272083759551 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0624685504416 0.0996497079465 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0620404818919 0.0662205650399 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.100233170456 0.162205337803 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0593993167088 0.0443174109184 134% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.83 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.64 8.42419426049 103% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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