The reading and the speaker discuss the effects of Little Ice Age from discrepant perspectives. The author of the reading gives three ideas to support his idea about how Little Ice Age occurred. However, the speaker casts doubt on the claims made in the article. He says that all reasons, which the article has mentioned are old-fashion. None of those notions are convincing.
First of all, the author of the reading points out that disrupting of ocean currents caused the Little Ice Age. It is noted that before the Little Ice Age the weather was warmer, and it melted glacier in the Gulf Stream. This point is challenged by the speaker. He restates the fact that the Gulf Stream was only in Europe and North America. Meanwhile the cooling weather affected strongly I the Southern areas. Therefore, the idea that the article has mentioned is incorrect.
Secondly, the author of the reading contends that volcanic eruption could have caused the Little Ice Age, because it sent dark clouds and dusts as well as sulfur into the air and blocked the sunlight. The speaker rebuts this argument by saying that volcanic eruption also provided visual effect. It provided a colorful sunset. Moreover, the snows at that time had gray and dark color. Therefore, they were not strong enough to cool the earth.
Finally, the author of the reading states that the decrease of rate of human populations caused cooling weather, since they did not burn fuels or use forest much. The speaker, on the other hand, oppose this point by saying that actually, human population increase significantly in a short time. They quickly planted and cut them down trees to use. Therefore, this phenomenon cannot fit the reason that the author of the reading has cited.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 344, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Meanwhile,
...m was only in Europe and North America. Meanwhile the cooling weather affected strongly I...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, finally, first, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, while, as to, as well as, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1448.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 295.0 270.72406181 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90847457627 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14434120667 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37846799975 2.5805825403 92% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.569491525424 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 436.5 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.2478787333 49.2860985944 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 72.4 110.228320801 66% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.75 21.698381199 68% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.8 7.06452816374 110% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.358523716985 0.272083759551 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0922946251592 0.0996497079465 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.100528251272 0.0662205650399 152% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.212406248782 0.162205337803 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0772391749913 0.0443174109184 174% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.1 13.3589403974 68% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 65.73 53.8541721854 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.6 11.0289183223 69% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.61 12.2367328918 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.97 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.7273730684 56% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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