TPO-15 - Integrated Writing Task The cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America. It was deliberately introduced to Australia in 1935 with the expectation that it would protect farmers' crops by eating harmful insec

The reading and listening are both about cane toads and whether they can be destroyed with the methods described in aforementioned passage. The author is of the opinion that building a national fence, managing volunteers, and introducing virus could stop the spread of cane toad in Australia. The professor casts doubts on each of the claims presented by the author. She states that the author's proposition is based on several unwarranted assumptions and thinking these methods may yield positive results is purely injudicious.

First of all, the author claims that a national fence that resists the advance of toads will prevent them from moving into those parts that are not yet colonized. The point is challenged by the professor. She mentions that young toads are found near rivers and streams. She notes that these water bodies may assist young toads to travel the opposite end of the river, thereby increasing their population on the other end.

In addition, the author argues that cane toads are easy to catch in simple traps and can even be captured by hand as well. He adds that assigning volunteers for these task will be profitable for the citizens of Australia. However, the professor rebuts this argument. She contends that volunteers are untrained and they may fail to differentiate between toads and frogs. She notes that these volunteers may affect the ecosystem by harming frogs instead cane toads.

Finally, the author mentions that developing a disease-causing virus to control the toad populations is another way we can control them from spreading. The professor, on the other hand, asserts that deploying this virus has terrible effect on the ecosystems of Central and South America as many of these toad species are transported from Australia to these areas. And cane toads being the vital part of their ecosystem, attacking them could have adverse effects on their ecosystem as a whole.

In conclusion, the professor effectively refutes each of the claims and theories presented in the passage.

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Line 1, column 294, 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.
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'finally', 'first', 'however', 'if', 'may', 'so', 'well', 'in addition', 'in conclusion', 'first of all', 'on the other hand']

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.252100840336 0.261695866417 96% => OK
Verbs: 0.182072829132 0.158904122519 115% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0588235294118 0.0723426182421 81% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0336134453782 0.0435111971325 77% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0420168067227 0.0277247811725 152% => OK
Prepositions: 0.142857142857 0.128828473217 111% => OK
Participles: 0.0672268907563 0.0370669169778 181% => Less participles wanted.
Conjunctions: 2.68233939209 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0140056022409 0.0208969081088 67% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.00154638098197 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.128851540616 0.128158765124 101% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.03081232493 0.0158828679856 194% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00560224089636 0.0114777025283 49% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2027.0 1645.83664459 123% => OK
No of words: 329.0 271.125827815 121% => OK
Chars per words: 6.16109422492 6.08160592843 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.25891501996 4.04852973271 105% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.358662613982 0.374372842146 96% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.276595744681 0.287516216867 96% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.197568389058 0.187439937562 105% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.139817629179 0.113142543107 124% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68233939209 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 145.348785872 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.534954407295 0.539623497131 99% => OK
Word variations: 56.5500905343 53.8517498576 105% => OK
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0529801325 130% => OK
Sentence length: 19.3529411765 21.7502111507 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.6977546791 49.3711431718 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 119.235294118 132.220823453 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3529411765 21.7502111507 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.705882352941 0.878197800319 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 3.39072847682 29% => OK
Readability: 47.0125156446 50.5018328374 93% => OK
Elegance: 1.79347826087 1.90840788429 94% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.704687665215 0.549887131256 128% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0902439713184 0.142949733639 63% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0747869256062 0.0787303798458 95% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.568486248583 0.631733273073 90% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.165009047335 0.139662658121 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.294612077561 0.266732575781 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.110309837106 0.103435571967 107% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.371364523228 0.414875509568 90% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0889105485353 0.0530846634433 167% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.483435976708 0.40443939384 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0695884947977 0.0528353158467 132% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.26048565121 70% => OK
Positive topic words: 5.0 3.49668874172 143% => OK
Negative topic words: 8.0 3.62251655629 221% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 3.1766004415 94% => OK
Total topic words: 16.0 10.2958057395 155% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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