TPO 23-task1
The focus of both the reading and lecture is on the possible reasons for the decline in yellow cedar. Despite the author's statement that explains three reasons for this decline, the lecturer holds an opposing view. He is of the opinion that these reasons are not enough and the results obtained from these reasons are uncertain. He brings up a number of contradictory point in this rejection.
First of all, the author holds the idea that cedar bark beetle, a type of insect, is one of the hypothesis in the decline of the cedar trees. It is mentioned that the beetle larvae eat the wood and kill the trees. The lecturer denies this notion and states that healthy trees are resistant to insects than other species. This due to the poisonous chemical in their bark and leaves that kills the insects. Furthermore, he argues that the beetle attack the damaged trees which are already dead and cannot defend themselves by producing the poison.
Secondly, the writer contends that brown bears eat the tree bark by clawing them. The article notes that the excessive feeding of the bears weakens the tree and kills them. The lecturer, however, rebuts this by asserting that bears feed of some trees, so they cannot be responsible in the overall tree's decline. He elaborates on this by explaining that in some islands there is no sign on bears but there is still a decline in the cedar tree.
Finally, it is claimed in the article that frost damage due to climate change might be another cause of the tree's decline. The author establishes that changes in the pattern of temperature can make the tree roots to grow in the late winter rather than in the early spring which can contribute to the freezing of the roots and killing the tree. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that the author does not consider one important fact. He puts forth the notion that the lower elevation trees have warmer temperature and the higher elevation ones have colder weather. The observations have shown that more trees in the lower elevation are dying compared with the higher elevation trees.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 115, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...he decline in yellow cedar. Despite the authors statement that explains three reasons f...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, however, second, secondly, so, still, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 22.412803532 161% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1718.0 1373.03311258 125% => OK
No of words: 360.0 270.72406181 133% => OK
Chars per words: 4.77222222222 5.08290768461 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.35587717469 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.33422601971 2.5805825403 90% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.494444444444 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 522.0 419.366225166 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 34.6121365998 49.2860985944 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.4444444444 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 21.698381199 92% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.72222222222 7.06452816374 81% => 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 : 12.0 4.45695364238 269% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.437842639123 0.272083759551 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.123127373756 0.0996497079465 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0625934115515 0.0662205650399 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.235685377302 0.162205337803 145% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668353805282 0.0443174109184 151% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 68.1 53.8541721854 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.39 12.2367328918 85% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.14 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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