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 discusses the decline of yellow cedar population and provide three reasons of supports. However, the professor states that we do not know what is the real cause of declining in cedar yellow tree population and he refutes each of the author's reasons.

First, the reading claims that the yellow cedar decline caused by the cedar bark beetle, an insect parasite. The professor refute this point by explaining that yellow cedar are highly resistant to insect infestation because this tress has a high level of chemical which is poisonous to insects. He emphasizes that dead yellow cedar was already damaged or sick before insect attacks, so it not the real cause of killing these tress.

Second, the article states that the decline of trees population could be related to the decline of the brown bears. On the other hand, the professor says this is not the cause because cedar yellow tress populations have been declined all across the north coast, particularly in island which already do not have brown bears. He concludes that with or without the bears, yellow cedar trees are dead.

Third, the reading posits that gradual changes of weather may be the reason because cold climate can damage the roots of yellow cedar trees. The professor opposes this point by explaining if this point is true, tress with lower elevation would not be effected by freeze. However, both higher and lower elevations of yellow cedar trees have been suffered and dead which proof that climate changes have no effect on declining the population.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 124, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'refutes'.
Suggestion: refutes
...etle, an insect parasite. The professor refute this point by explaining that yellow ce...
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Line 3, column 420, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this tress' or 'these tresses'?
Suggestion: this tress; these tresses
...ks, so it not the real cause of killing these tress. Second, the article states that the...
^^^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, may, second, so, third, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1287.0 1373.03311258 94% => OK
No of words: 257.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.00778210117 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00390054096 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.30682534471 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 131.0 145.348785872 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.509727626459 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 388.8 419.366225166 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => 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: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.7337343864 49.2860985944 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.0 110.228320801 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.3636363636 21.698381199 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.54545454545 7.06452816374 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.413497387943 0.272083759551 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.177442182824 0.0996497079465 178% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0598128668004 0.0662205650399 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.266604475168 0.162205337803 164% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0585590703787 0.0443174109184 132% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 13.3589403974 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.79 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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