TPO 31 - Integrated Writing Task
A fossil skeleton of a dinosaur called Sinosauropteryx, preserved in volcanic ash, was discovered in Liaoning, China, in 1996. Interestingly, the fossil included a pattern of fine lines surrounding the skeletal bones. Some paleontologists interpret the lines as evidence that Sinosauropteryx had feathers. However, critics have opposed the idea that Sinosauropteryx was a feathered dinosaur, citing several reasons. First, the critics points out that the fine lines may not even represent functional structures of a living dinosaur, but rather str
The article states that the evidences in this fossil do not approve that the Sinosauropteryx had feathers and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor says that there are very strong reason for this claim and refutes the author's reasons.
First, the article argues that these lines in the fossil may not represent functional structures of a living dinosaur. In contrast, the lecturer opposes this point by explaining that we see some other dinosaur fossil in this site which have been preserved and their structure show that these line are related to functional feathers.
Second, the article concedes that, if this remained lines are related to dinoaures, we could not certainly say that what part of the animal's anatomy the structure were. The professor avers that the chemical ananlysis of the ashes have showed the presence of beta-caroton, a special protein in the feather structure which is not in the animal's fin structure.
Third, the article brings another reason to prove that this structure can not be a sign of dinosaur's feather. It contemplates that feathers are applied for flying or temperature regulation for animal. Based on this, this lines should not be located at the backbone or tail of dinosaur's fossils. On the other hand, the professor mentions another application of feathers for animal. He explains that pickauck uses its feather to attract male not for flying or cooling. He accounts this usage of feathers for dinosaur and concludes that this fossil shows that this dinosaur has feathers.
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...not certainly say that what part of the animals anatomy the structure were. The profess...
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...s not in the animals fin structure. Third, the article brings another reason...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, may, second, so, third, in contrast, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 22.412803532 152% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 23.0 30.3222958057 76% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1293.0 1373.03311258 94% => OK
No of words: 250.0 270.72406181 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.172 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.97635364384 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61316359993 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.544 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 393.3 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.706947264 49.2860985944 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.75 110.228320801 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8333333333 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.16666666667 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More 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: 0.413617897626 0.272083759551 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.153816670588 0.0996497079465 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0980029201763 0.0662205650399 148% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.247904416068 0.162205337803 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0932237943787 0.0443174109184 210% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.71 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 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.