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TOEFL integrated writing: The sea otter
In this set of materials, the reading passage and the lecture both discussed the possible causes of decreased populations of the sea otters in the Alaskan coast. The reading passage firmly stated that environmental pollution was the main cause of that decline. However, the lecture repudiated what stated in the reading passage resting upon fallacious premises and provided three counterclaims proofing that the predators were the reasons behind the lower sea otter's population.
Firstly, the reading passage claimed that the increased levels of chemical pollutants such as: oil rigs con...
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Score: 28 in 30
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 12 12
No. of Words: 256 250
No. of Characters: 1376 1200
No. of Different Words: 140 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4 4.2
Average Word Length: 5.375 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.632 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 114 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 82 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 45 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 35 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 21.333 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.145 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.5 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.396 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.613 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.083 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4