In this set of material, the passage and the lecture offer two opposing points of view about the Cedar declination. While the passage lists three hypotheses which, can be responsible for cedar declination, the lecture argues that these hypotheses are not accurate and he points out that the reason for this declination is still unknown.
First, the passage explains one hypothesis in which, insect parasites are responsible for the damage. the article argues that cedar bark beetles are known to attack cedar trees and their larvae eat the wood. On the other hand, the lecture declares that due to the fact that these trees are poisoned, the beetles cannot affect them. Actually, these insects attack the trees which, are already damaged, so as a result, they can not be considered as the fundamental cause.
In addition, the passage suggests another hypothesis, it argues that the bears can consider as the cause of cedar declination. The passage states that bears sometimes claw at the cedars in order to eat the tree bark. In contradict to this, lecture points out that the declination is happening in places where, there is no bear, like islands. This indicates that the bears could not be the principal cause.
Finally, the author asserts that gradual changes in climate can be the major cause of this declination. Verse vice, the speaker states that although climate changing makes the trees more sensitive, due to the fact that this declination is more feasible in low elevation areas in which, the climate is more temperate, the coldness cannot be the reason of cedar declination.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 102, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: The
...rasites are responsible for the damage. the article argues that cedar bark beetles ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, finally, first, so, still, while, in addition, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 25.0 30.3222958057 82% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1328.0 1373.03311258 97% => OK
No of words: 264.0 270.72406181 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0303030303 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03089032464 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54652529788 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 130.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.492424242424 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 412.2 419.366225166 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.6714936893 49.2860985944 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.666666667 110.228320801 100% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.0 21.698381199 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.25 7.06452816374 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 0.0 4.33554083885 0% => 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: 0.354712175173 0.272083759551 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.143815060512 0.0996497079465 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0688021896292 0.0662205650399 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.223622845545 0.162205337803 138% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0436752415665 0.0443174109184 99% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.89 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.08 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 63.6247240618 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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