TPO 29- integrated
As it was stated in the reading passage, it is the author's belief that Edmontosaurus, which was a common North Slope dinosaur, migrated during the harsh inhospitable winters of the area. S/he provided three reasons to substantiate their claim. On the contrary, the lecturer finds the justification of the author unconvincing and utterly repudiates the hypotheses by producing some counter arguments.
Initially, the author brought up the idea that Edmontosauruses fed on plants and their diet supports the idea of migration. However, the lecturer is thoroughly doubtful about the reliability of this idea. As she points out that in the North Slope sun is shining 24 hours a day during summer. Thus this heat made it possible for a lot of plants to grow during summer. So there was a lot of dead plants that could be used as the dinosaurs food by the time winter came.
Another emphasized point in the reading was that Edmontosaurs lived in herd and this finding further supports the idea of migration. On the other hand, the lecturer refutes this one too by asserting that living in herd doesn't necessarily means that the species are migrants. It could simply be due to extra protection. She illustrates the Rosevelt elk as an example of a species living in herd but live in one place the whole year.
As the last point, the author drew attention to the fact that edmontosaurs were physically capable of traveling long distances to reach a hospitable region. Yet again, the lecturer deems the idea invalid as well by stating that the mature animals could travel long distances. But the juveniles were not physically capable to do so. The mature ones couldn't leave them behind. Because the young wouldn't survive on their own. Moreover the juveniles would slow down the herd as the adults wanted to watch over them.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 52, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...tated in the reading passage, it is the authors belief that Edmontosaurus, which was a ...
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Line 2, column 205, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ful about the reliability of this idea. As she points out that in the North Slope ...
^^
Line 2, column 292, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...s shining 24 hours a day during summer. Thus this heat made it possible for a lot of...
^^^^
Line 2, column 427, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'dinosaurs'' or 'dinosaur's'?
Suggestion: dinosaurs'; dinosaur's
...f dead plants that could be used as the dinosaurs food by the time winter came. Another...
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Line 3, column 220, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ne too by asserting that living in herd doesnt necessarily means that the species are ...
^^^^^^
Line 4, column 348, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: couldn't
...cally capable to do so. The mature ones couldnt leave them behind. Because the young wo...
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Line 4, column 375, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Because” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... mature ones couldnt leave them behind. Because the young wouldnt survive on their own....
^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 393, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wouldn't
...nt leave them behind. Because the young wouldnt survive on their own. Moreover the juve...
^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 423, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Moreover,
...the young wouldnt survive on their own. Moreover the juveniles would slow down the herd ...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, moreover, so, thus, well, on the contrary, 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 : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1511.0 1373.03311258 110% => OK
No of words: 308.0 270.72406181 114% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90584415584 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18926351222 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69472500272 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 145.348785872 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.571428571429 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 462.6 419.366225166 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.2007620901 49.2860985944 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 83.9444444444 110.228320801 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1111111111 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.33333333333 7.06452816374 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 9.0 4.19205298013 215% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.275158765171 0.272083759551 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0704995897888 0.0996497079465 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0535517085207 0.0662205650399 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.146594380686 0.162205337803 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0169170389253 0.0443174109184 38% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.3 13.3589403974 77% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.9 12.2367328918 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.12 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.