Both the passage and the lecture discuss the decline of the Torreya Taxifoha, which is a tree that used to be common in the Florida region but its population suddenly started to decline. The passage presents three ways to save the Torreya tree with the aid of humankind. However, the lecturer argues that each of these plans has fundamental flaws, and casts doubt on them.
First, the passage suggests planting the tree in its original microclimate, located in northern Florida. It is mentioned that its humid and cold conditions have made the species thrive in the past. The lecturer rebuts this argument. She states that current climate changes in the region have affected said microclimate, and probably is now unsuitable for the Torreya tree. It is mentioned that these climate changes are caused either by global warming or local climate change. Regardless, this situation makes the plan unfeasible.
Second, the Author presents the idea of planting the trees further north, where the climate is more favorable to the tree. It is noted that probably the trees used to inhabit these northern regions, so humans would only be helping them to return. The lecturer challenges this point. She asserts that assisted migration could backfire. She elaborates on this by presenting an example in which the black locust trees had been relocated and quickly started displacing the local plant life, making the feat an environmental disaster.
Finally, the text posits that research centers are key to preserve the species. The author explains that labs could maintain the species and develop ways for their survival. The professor casts doubt on this assertion. She notes that in order for a species to survive, it needs to fulfill certain criteria: it must have a large population, and it needs genetic diversity. She argues that a lab could not have the capacity to hold a large population, and this would make the tree vulnerable for diseases.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, second, so
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 22.412803532 165% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1634.0 1373.03311258 119% => OK
No of words: 320.0 270.72406181 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10625 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22948505376 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54643592841 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 173.0 145.348785872 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.540625 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 494.1 419.366225166 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 3.25607064018 307% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 45.657765812 49.2860985944 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 86.0 110.228320801 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.8421052632 21.698381199 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.31578947368 7.06452816374 33% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.267298539673 0.272083759551 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0737210009201 0.0996497079465 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.071394747258 0.0662205650399 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.159565665414 0.162205337803 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.05832758655 0.0443174109184 132% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.06 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.87 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 63.6247240618 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 Out of 30
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