TPO 61
The golden frog is a small bright-yellow amphibian that lives in and around mountain streams in Panama The species is severely endangered because of a fungus that infects the frog through its skin and inhibits the frog's critical life functions, such as breathing. Conservationists have proposed a few solutions to the golden frog's fungus problem.
Bacterial Protection
First, scientists have identified a natural enemy of the fungus: a type of bacterium. This bacterium produces a chemical that kills fungal cells. Scientists think that they may be able to introduce colonies of this bacterium to the skin of golden frogs. The bacterial colonies would then protect the frogs against the fungus infection
Breeding Frogs in Captivity
Second, researchers are considering the possibility of breeding golden frogs in captivity and then releasing them in the wild to replenish wild populations The golden frog can develop disease-free in captivity; where it is isolated from the fungus When golden frogs bred in captivity are released in habitats where wild golden frogs have died out, the frogs bred in captivity will give rise to a healthy, fungus-free population.
A Natural Defense
Third, it is possible that golden frogs w川 overcome the threat posed by the fungus without human intervention. Some golden frogs have what seems to be a natural defense against the fungus. When infected, they increase their body temperature, which slows down the growth of the fungus If this ability to resist the fungal infection spreads among the golden frog population as a whole, the frog population is likely to overcome the crisis and start increasing again.
Golden frogs are native to Panama and are endangered by a species fungus that infect it through its skin, hindering its life functions. The author proposes three solutions to curb this problem while the lecturer casts doubt on them.
First of all, the author proposes introduction of a bacterium, which is an enemy to this fungus and suggests that this bacteria can protect frogs by producing a chemical. According to the professor, this is just a temporary solution. This type of bacterium only produces a limited amount of this chemical which will not be sufficient to fight the fungus.
Secondly, the author suggests breeding frogs in captivity where they can grow away from fungus and introducing them to areas where all frogs have died by this disease. This method will likely not work, as well. Although the environment will not have any frogs in it but other animals in the region will still carry the disease and can infect the newly introduced frogs.
Finally, the frogs may have developed a defense mechanism where they increase their body temperature, preventing the development of fungus. Although this mechanism may be helpful in hindering the growth of the fungus, it devours the energy of the living organism leaving them weak and unhealthy.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 115, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
... enemy to this fungus and suggests that this bacteria can protect frogs by producing...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, if, may, second, secondly, so, still, well, while, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 23.0 30.3222958057 76% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1057.0 1373.03311258 77% => OK
No of words: 209.0 270.72406181 77% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.05741626794 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.80221413058 4.04702891845 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57332655708 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 123.0 145.348785872 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.588516746411 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 321.3 419.366225166 77% => 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: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less 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: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => 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: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.1834090609 49.2860985944 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.7 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.4 7.06452816374 119% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.483351821071 0.272083759551 178% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.178968233309 0.0996497079465 180% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.121362127398 0.0662205650399 183% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.283833681989 0.162205337803 175% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0356194846034 0.0443174109184 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 13.3589403974 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 55.0 63.6247240618 86% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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