Both the author of the reading and the lecturer discuss the possible reasons for the decline in the populations of the yellow cedar, which is a tree species in northwestern North America. The author conveys some explanations presented by scientists whereas the professor finds them inadequate.
According to the reading, one possible reason for this declination is some parasites attacking the trees. The lecturer, on the other hand, points out that yellow cedars are more resistant to an insect invasion due to being saturated with powerful chemicals that are poisonous for parasites. In other words, they unlikely to suffer from insect attacks. As a result, we cannot say that insects are a fundamental cause of this declination.
The reading also claims that brown bears damage yellow cedars when they eat tree barks. The professor, conversely, believes that bears are not the reason for overall declination. In many places where there is not any bear, the population of yellow cedar declines. Thus, bears are not responsible for this situation.
Lastly, the article contends that gradual change in the region's climate might cause yellow cedars to die out. The speaker, however, rebuts this idea by explaining that the population experiences a higher decrease in warm low lands than in cold high lands. Consequently, we cannot explain this situation with climate change.
- Some people prefer to travel alone. Others like to travel in groups. Which do you think is the best way to travel? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your choice. 60
- TPO-16 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The best way to travel is in a group led by a tour guide. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 73
- TOEFL TPO 13 - Integrated Writing Task 71
- TPO-25 - Independent Writing Task 3
- It is more important to keep your old friends than to make new friends. 66
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 57, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'regions'' or 'region's'?
Suggestion: regions'; region's
...cle contends that gradual change in the regions climate might cause yellow cedars to di...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, conversely, however, lastly, so, thus, whereas, as a result, in other words, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 1.0 7.30242825607 14% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 24.0 30.3222958057 79% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1164.0 1373.03311258 85% => OK
No of words: 219.0 270.72406181 81% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.31506849315 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.84690116678 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70139857534 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.62100456621 0.540411800872 115% => OK
syllable_count: 351.0 419.366225166 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.5036891495 49.2860985944 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.5384615385 110.228320801 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.8461538462 21.698381199 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.15384615385 7.06452816374 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.318179814895 0.272083759551 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.10466956429 0.0996497079465 105% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.063062892172 0.0662205650399 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.181242508792 0.162205337803 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0343972622791 0.0443174109184 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.28 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.76 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 60.0 63.6247240618 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => 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: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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