The reading and lecture both discusses the pros and cons of salvage logging.The author of the passage believes that salvage logging is beneficial to both the forest and economy. However, the lecturer casts doubt on this by claiming that this process would result in longer environmental damage and doubtful economic benefits.
Firstly, the author notes that salvage logging removes dead trees and makes space for fresh growth. It is also mentioned that decomposing takes long time which results less space for tree growth. This is challenged by the lecturer. She states that this sort of cleaning is not natural process which results in lack of soil enrichment. Besides, this also leads to rapid removal of nutrients required for the growth of future generation of trees.
Secondly, author posits that decaying woods are the habitat of spruce bark beetle which would damage healthy spruce trees. Eventually insect infestation can damage the health of trees.The lecturer rebuts this by arguing that beetles survived thousand years back without posing any damage to these trees. Moreover, birds feed on these insects resulting in long term benefits. Salvage logging is more harmful than these insects.
Finally, author contends that salvage logging has economic benefits by providing woods to many industries depending on it. Additionally, this process gives jobs to many more workers and increases jobs for local residents too. The lecturer contradicts this by asserting that severe forest fires requires helicopter to transport wood which is expensive. Furthermore, she argues that even though jobs are created they are just temporary and is offered to outsiders rather than local residents.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, however, moreover, second, secondly, so, sort of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1431.0 1373.03311258 104% => OK
No of words: 264.0 270.72406181 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.42045454545 5.08290768461 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03089032464 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50245230963 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 156.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.590909090909 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 430.2 419.366225166 103% => 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: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
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: 39.3256489669 49.2860985944 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.4 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.6 21.698381199 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.06666666667 7.06452816374 100% => 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 : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => 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: 0.422904447884 0.272083759551 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.128387911151 0.0996497079465 129% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0765572574708 0.0662205650399 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.232664152668 0.162205337803 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0278688375182 0.0443174109184 63% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 13.3589403974 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.86 12.2367328918 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.56 8.42419426049 113% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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