Both the reading and the lecture discuss endotherms, which are animals that can regulate their body temperature. Moreover, there is a debate of whether dinosaurs were or were not endotherms, because of their relationship with modern reptiles which are not endotherms. However, the passage claims that there is evidence to think that dinosaurs were endotherms despite their kinship with reptiles. On the other hand, the lecturer thinks that these claims have many flaws, and casts doubt on them.
First, the passage claims that because there are dinosaur fossils found in the polar regions they must have been endotherms. Non-endotherms or cold-blooded animals cannot survive cold climate such as those in polar regions so dinosaurs could not be cold-blooded. The lecturer challenges this argument, she states that back then the climate in the poles was warm enough for cold-blooded creatures to survive at certain times of the year. Furthermore, they could have easily migrated elsewhere in colder times.
Second, the author asserts that physiological evidence points dinosaurs as warm-blooded. the text mentions that endotherms often have their legs beneath their body because this allows them to execute sustained physical activity-such as running- that cold-blooded animals cannot perform. The professor in the lecture rebuts this argument, she points out that physical activity is not the only reason for which an animal could have their legs this way. She explains that this also allows animals to handle more body weight, and given that dinosaurs are enormous, is not hard to realize this is the reason for their legs to be in such a way.
Finally, the article stands that bone structure in dinosaurs is that of an endotherm. There are internal structures called Haversian canals, which allow endotherms to grow quickly, something non-endotherms do not do. However, the lecturer does not agree with this argument. She says there is evidence in the dinosaur's bones, that show that they grew quickly in warm climates but not on the cold, a proper characteristic of cold-blooded animals.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 90, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: The
...dence points dinosaurs as warm-blooded. the text mentions that endotherms often hav...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, furthermore, however, moreover, second, so, then, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 12.0772626932 166% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 22.412803532 183% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1771.0 1373.03311258 129% => OK
No of words: 331.0 270.72406181 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.35045317221 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.26537283232 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74856071967 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510574018127 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 532.8 419.366225166 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.1065688181 49.2860985944 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.6875 110.228320801 100% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6875 21.698381199 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.4375 7.06452816374 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.455009128415 0.272083759551 167% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.147227319525 0.0996497079465 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0800927753184 0.0662205650399 121% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.270429574174 0.162205337803 167% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0312549236662 0.0443174109184 71% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 13.3589403974 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.75 12.2367328918 112% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.25 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 63.6247240618 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => 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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