The reading passage and the lecture are both discussing the possible reasons of the yellow cedar tree population decline. The author of the snippet believes that there are three possible causes of tree decreasing. Although the lecturer argues that this tree is under decline, however, he considers that the statements made in the reading passage are wrong, and he reinforces his opinion by providing examples to support it.
First of all, it is indicated in the reading fragment that one of the cause of damaging trees could be cedar bark beetles, which are feeded by the tree bark. However, the speaker asserts that healthy trees of the yellow ceader are the most resistant to the insects, because its produce chemicals which are poisoness to the beetles. Consequently, the bark beetles are able attack only already dead or sick trees.
The subsequent lecturer’s argumant is related to the statement made in the excerpt that another cause of the tree decline can be brown bears which also eat a tree’s bark an destroy a tree itself. But the lecturer disputes this by claiming that the tree’s population decline with and without brown bears. In other words, the population of the yellow cedar tree is decreasing on the islands where brown bears are absent.
Finally, there is denoted in the reading fragment that the climate change effects a root system of the yellow cedar tree and, as a consequence, cold wheather leeds to the limited tree growth. However, the professor states that the fact that the tree growth is lower in the warm invironment than in cold one contradicts to the statement made in the reading passage.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 181, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
...bears which also eat a tree's bark an destroy a tree itself. But the lecturer...
^^
Line 5, column 181, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...bears which also eat a tree's bark an destroy a tree itself. But the lecturer dispute...
^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, finally, first, however, so, first of all, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1373.0 1373.03311258 100% => OK
No of words: 274.0 270.72406181 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01094890511 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0685311056 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57493843705 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 142.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.518248175182 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 412.2 419.366225166 98% => 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
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => 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: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.9943647781 49.2860985944 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.818181818 110.228320801 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.9090909091 21.698381199 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.45454545455 7.06452816374 106% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => 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: 0.34213431993 0.272083759551 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.13945963573 0.0996497079465 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0620900266968 0.0662205650399 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.210704708382 0.162205337803 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.036762570375 0.0443174109184 83% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.6 13.3589403974 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.69 8.42419426049 103% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 63.6247240618 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25 Out of 30
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