TPO54

Essay topics

Both reading and writing discuss about ways to decrease the salinity of the Salton sea in California. The authors bring up some solutions for this issue. However, the professor states some reasons that cast doubts on this view.

First, the reading states that one solution is to remove salt from the lake by evaporating and then cooling down the pure water, but the lecture disagrees, stating that by doing this, the chemicals that remain by evaporating is health-risky and when wind spread this material and people breath it, it could be hazardous because the material can be toxic.

Second, the articles say that another solution is to add water from the pacific ocean to the lake since that water is 20 percent less salt. Again, the professor explains that the construction cost will be a fortune and government cannot afford it.

Third, the passage asserts that some walls can be built in order to separate the lake into parts. The amount of salt in smaller parts can increase in comparison with bigger parts. In contrast, the lecturer rejects this view and mention that this lake is located in a place which earthquakes frequency happens. For this, in the long term this wall will collapse and therefore, this idea will just be appropriate in the short run.

In conclusion, we can see that although the reading passage argues several solutions that seem to be instrumental, the lecturer points out some serious drawbacks to this proposition.

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Average: 8.5 (1 vote)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, so, then, therefore, third, in conclusion, in contrast

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1217.0 1373.03311258 89% => OK
No of words: 244.0 270.72406181 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.98770491803 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.95227774224 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50834069554 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 145.0 145.348785872 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.594262295082 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 357.3 419.366225166 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

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: 78.3091985562 49.2860985944 159% => OK
Chars per sentence: 110.636363636 110.228320801 100% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1818181818 21.698381199 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.90909090909 7.06452816374 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => 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: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.340079157321 0.272083759551 125% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.116298857977 0.0996497079465 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.106397041066 0.0662205650399 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.183299779342 0.162205337803 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.114657367503 0.0443174109184 259% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.66 12.2367328918 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.22 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 54.0 63.6247240618 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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