The reading states that humpback whales could use stars for navigating when they migrate and provides three possible reasons to support this view. However, the lecturer explains that these explanations of how whales could use the stars are unconvincing, and refutes each of the author's reasons.
First of all, the reading suggests that humpback whales are intelligent animals so they could have the ability to use the stars for guiding. However, the lecturer opposes this point by saying that no real evidence between smart and the ability to benefit from stars for directions. He points out that the ducks, for instance, are less smarter than whales, even though they could navigate. It is just what they born with.
Secondly, the reading states that navigating in straight lines approves the hypothesis that whales could navigate
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 330, Rule ID: LESS_COMPARATIVE[1]
Message: Non-standard use of the comparative or superlative. Did you mean 'less smart'?
Suggestion: less smart
...s out that the ducks, for instance, are less smarter than whales, even though they could nav...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, second, secondly, so, for instance, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 10.4613686534 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 12.0 30.3222958057 40% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 700.0 1373.03311258 51% => More number of characters wanted.
No of words: 134.0 270.72406181 49% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22388059701 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.40232815919 4.04702891845 84% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.3986240208 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 82.0 145.348785872 56% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.611940298507 0.540411800872 113% => OK
syllable_count: 205.2 419.366225166 49% => syllable counts are too short.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 5.0 8.23620309051 61% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 7.0 13.0662251656 54% => 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: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.4144955634 49.2860985944 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.0 110.228320801 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1428571429 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.14285714286 7.06452816374 129% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 4.45695364238 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.379011192465 0.272083759551 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.175367590355 0.0996497079465 176% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0963557656367 0.0662205650399 146% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.246763609777 0.162205337803 152% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0719430677742 0.0443174109184 162% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.59 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 34.0 63.6247240618 53% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
Read sample essays from ETS:
http://www.testbig.com/users/toeflwritingmaster
More content wanted.
Minimum 150 words wanted.
Rates: 40.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 12.0 Out of 30
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