The author of the reading provides three possible solutions to solve the problem of frog population decline. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made in the article. He states that the presented methods are not convenient and not going to slow down the decline.
First of all, the author points out that new laws could be implemented to deter farmers from using harmful pesticides that spread from croplands to frog habitats and cause breathing problems to the spices. This point is challenged by the lecturer. He says that farmers rely on pesticides to drive out competitors, so this method will have a negative effect on the economy. He also adds that this solution is unfair as only farmers who have land adjacent to frog population will have to reduce the use of pesticides and face damages.
Secondly, the author contends that special medications should be used to prevent fungus infection that can cause the death of frogs. The professor rebuts this argument by saying that the treatments need to be applied to each frog spices individually so it is arduous and expensive to realize especially on a large scale.
Finally, the author of the reading suggests preserving the key waters where frogs inhabit because human activities such as excessive water use is a major factor in frog decline. The professor, on the other hand, posits that the reason for many water species decreases including frogs is actually global warming, so protecting lakes will not solve the problem.
- TPO-15 - Integrated Writing Task The cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America. It was deliberately introduced to Australia in 1935 with the expectation that it would protect farmers' crops by eating harmful insec 78
- TPO-17 - Integrated Writing Task In the past century, the steady growth of the human population and the corresponding increase in agriculture and pesticide use have caused much harm to wildlife in the United States,birds in particular. Unfortunately for b 80
- TPO-48 - Integrated Writing Task In recent years, many frog species around the world have declined in numbers or even gone extinct due to changes in their environment. These population declines and extinctions have serious consequences for the ecosystems 81
- TOEFL T P O 43 Integrated Writing Task 78
- TPO-46 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?The opinions of celebrities, such as famous entertainers and athletes, are more important to younger people than they are to older people.Use specific reasons and exam 70
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, finally, first, second, secondly, so, such as, first of all, 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: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1245.0 1373.03311258 91% => OK
No of words: 248.0 270.72406181 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02016129032 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96837696647 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55478155993 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.596774193548 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 380.7 419.366225166 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.4381599352 49.2860985944 104% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.181818182 110.228320801 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5454545455 21.698381199 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.0 7.06452816374 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.390298607839 0.272083759551 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.126264709284 0.0996497079465 127% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102599670378 0.0662205650399 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.212072187091 0.162205337803 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.102090756622 0.0443174109184 230% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 13.3589403974 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.38 8.42419426049 111% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
---------------------
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.