TPO-23 - Integrated Writing Task Populations of the yellow cedar, a species of tree that is common in northwestern North America, have been steadily declining for more than a century now, since about 1880. Scientists have advanced several hypotheses expla

The article explains three hypothesis for decline in Yellow Cedar population. However, the professor, in the lecture, confutes each of the claims by author. He says that the reason provided by article is inadequate.

First, passage claims that beetle, insect parasite, are responsible for decrease of Yellow cedar population. The professor refutes it by saying that it's healthy population are resistant than other plants found around that area. Trees bark and seeds produce poisonous chemical substances, which inhibits the beetles from eating them. Further, he states that the beetle attacks recorded on unhealthy and week trees, which would die anyway.

Second, the article posits that brown bears leads to reduction in Yellow cedar population. The professor, however, asserts that it is not attributed for decline of trees all over the area. According to professor, the trees are present in mainland and island on the North Coast of north America, places with and without bear, but there is decline of trees on the island, place without bear.

Third, the passage maintains that change is temperature may lead to population reduction. The professor counter the author's point by explaining that the trees located on higher altitude than are unaffected by the freezing. Further, we knew that the Yellow cedar resides on low altitude and warm temperature but it population is decreasing, but others plant, which grew on high altitude and cold climate, are not affected by temperature.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 28, Rule ID: CD_NN[1]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun 'hypothesis' seems to be countable, so consider using: 'hypotheses', 'hypothesises'.
Suggestion: hypotheses; hypothesises
The article explains three hypothesis for decline in Yellow Cedar population....
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
anyway, but, first, however, may, second, so, third

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 22.412803532 80% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1258.0 1373.03311258 92% => OK
No of words: 235.0 270.72406181 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.35319148936 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.91531732006 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61057500487 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 133.0 145.348785872 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.565957446809 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 378.9 419.366225166 90% => 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
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.8957883707 49.2860985944 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.7692307692 110.228320801 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.0769230769 21.698381199 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.92307692308 7.06452816374 56% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => 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: 0.287274512989 0.272083759551 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0951808357263 0.0996497079465 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.058278280024 0.0662205650399 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.163330370496 0.162205337803 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0366909739426 0.0443174109184 83% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.3589403974 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.45 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => 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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