The reading and the speaker discuss Sinosauroteryx, which found in China in 1996 from different perspectives. The author of the reading believes that the fossil comprised the fine lines around the skeletal bones are not feathers. However, the speaker casts doubt on the claims made in the article. He says none of those ideas that the article has declared are convincing.
First of all, the author of the reading points out that the fine lines were formed after the death of the animals. This point is challenged by the speaker. He restates the fact that scientists found the fossils of other animals and they are preserved very well. Therefore, the fine line of dinosaur is truly the feather. It is not the fibers as the article has mentioned.
Secondly, the author of the reading contends that the fine lines could be the frills. The speaker rebuts this argument by saying that frills are different from feathers. The feathers contain Beta-carotene. In fact, scientists also found the Beta-carotene in the fine lines of the fossils of Sinosauroteryx. That means it probably the feathers of the dinosaur.
Finally, the author of the reading states that feathers help animal to fly or control internal temperature. But, the lines of the Sinosauroteryx located in the tail and backbone of the animal. The speaker, on the other hand, opposes this point by saying that the feathers play many different roles. The animals can use their feathers to attract the male as the birds do. Moreover, the speaker puts forth the idea that scientists analyzed the fossils and concluded that the feathers contain in the fossils of Sinosauroteryx are colorful with orange and light. This point supports that the dinosaurs used the feathers to display.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 278, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'many'.
Suggestion: many
... point by saying that the feathers play many different roles. The animals can use their feathe...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, in fact, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1451.0 1373.03311258 106% => OK
No of words: 289.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02076124567 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12310562562 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67888459925 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 140.0 145.348785872 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.484429065744 0.540411800872 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 435.6 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => 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: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 33.915188338 49.2860985944 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 72.55 110.228320801 66% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.45 21.698381199 67% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.45 7.06452816374 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.301362536985 0.272083759551 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0955403105919 0.0996497079465 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0668032621563 0.0662205650399 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.207159559667 0.162205337803 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0601205394521 0.0443174109184 136% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.4 13.3589403974 70% => 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: 11.24 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.72 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 63.6247240618 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
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: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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