The main topic of both the reading and the lecture is about a fossil skeleton of a kind of dinosaur under the name of Sinosauropteryx. The reading claims that there are three criticisms about this animal which show that it was not a feathered dinosaur. The lecturer, on the other hand, not only categorically casts doubt on every single point raised by the author of the reading passage through citing three different counter-arguments but also mentions that none of the mentioned explanations is strong and enough convincing.
To begin with, the author establishes that the fine lines did not show functional structures of an alive dinosaur, and its skin might have decomposed into fibers after the death of the animal. The lecturer rebuts this idea, stating that this decomposition has not been seen and reported in other animals from the same site and it only represents how beautifully the structures were preserved.
Furthermore, unlike the reading passage which brings up this notion that there is no certainty that the fine lines belong to which part of the dinosaur's anatomy structure, the lecturer supports a mutually exclusive view compared to that of the passage. The lecturer specifies that there is a distinctive difference between the chemical composition of frills and feathers. Feathers are made of a kind of protein called Beta carotene. The chemical analysis of the fine lines shows that there was beta carotene in the samples, proving those are feathers.
Eventually, the reading goes on to mention that the lines located along the backbone of the dinosaur and it did not assist them to fly or adjust their internal temperature. Notwithstanding, the lecturer points out an example of peacocks to contradict this idea. He mentions that this animal exerts colorful feathers on its back and tail to attract mates, so, this strategy might be feasible for the dinosaur's fossil as well.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 254, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...w that it was not a feathered dinosaur. The lecturer, on the other hand, not only c...
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Line 5, column 144, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'dinosaurs'' or 'dinosaur's'?
Suggestion: dinosaurs'; dinosaur's
... fine lines belong to which part of the dinosaurs anatomy structure, the lecturer support...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 400, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'dinosaurs'' or 'dinosaur's'?
Suggestion: dinosaurs'; dinosaur's
...this strategy might be feasible for the dinosaurs fossil as well.
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, furthermore, if, so, well, kind of, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 42.0 30.3222958057 139% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1599.0 1373.03311258 116% => OK
No of words: 312.0 270.72406181 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.125 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20279927342 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82899184434 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 145.348785872 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.560897435897 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 497.7 419.366225166 119% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => 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: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 61.2786780935 49.2860985944 124% => OK
Chars per sentence: 133.25 110.228320801 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.0 21.698381199 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.58333333333 7.06452816374 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0 0.272083759551 0% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0 0.0996497079465 0% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0662205650399 0% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0 0.162205337803 0% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0443174109184 0% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.7 13.3589403974 118% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.77 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.18 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 63.6247240618 132% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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