In the lecture, the professor discusses why the three solutions raised in the reading are not plausible for saving the diminishing Torreya population.
To begin with, the reading passage claims that Torreya can be planted in the northern part of Florida, where they have inhabited for thousands of years, thanks to the unique microclimate there. However, the speaker refutes this and argues that the microclimate in north Florida has been dramatically altered as a result of global warming or other effects, so Torreya may no longer adapt to the weather there.
Secondly, the lecturer rules out the possibility of assisted migration, saying that the consequence of doing so is unpredictable. For instance, previously, a kind of endangered tree planted in a new place has become so advantaged that it wiped out other rare species in the area. Hence, it is not advisable to plant Toreyya in further northern locations, as a rebuttal to the second plan in the reading.
Finally, contrary to the assertion in the reading material that moving Toreyya seeds and saplings in research centers could protect the plants, as well as boosting research, the instructor points out that the population would be vulnerable to diseases. The lack of adequately large population and genetic diversity are two prime reasons, the speaker says.
- TPO-34 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Educating children is a more difficult task today than it was in the past because they spend so much time on cell phone, online games, and social networking Web site.U 85
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, hence, however, may, second, secondly, so, well, for instance, kind of, as a result, as well as, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 10.0 22.412803532 45% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1118.0 1373.03311258 81% => OK
No of words: 214.0 270.72406181 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22429906542 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.82475343497 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82672817476 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 133.0 145.348785872 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.621495327103 0.540411800872 115% => OK
syllable_count: 342.9 419.366225166 82% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.116997792494 855% => Less interrogative sentences wanted.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 13.0662251656 61% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 47.77028365 49.2860985944 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 139.75 110.228320801 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.75 21.698381199 123% => OK
Discourse Markers: 15.5 7.06452816374 219% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.296171450031 0.272083759551 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.102046825148 0.0996497079465 102% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0789343625085 0.0662205650399 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.145285352236 0.162205337803 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0861180825864 0.0443174109184 194% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.5 13.3589403974 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 5.55761589404 202% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.8 8.42419426049 116% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.7273730684 135% => 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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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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