TPO49 Integrated TOEFL Writing
Both the reading and the listening materials talk about the navigation behavior of the humpback whales. The
reading passage proposes three plausible explanations to support that humpback whales are navigating by
the stars whereas the listening passage disputes the points made in the reading by putting forward three
counter-arguments.
Firstly, the reading passage suggests that humpback whales might be intelligent enough to use stars to
navigate by. On the other hand, the listening passage doubts the connection between intelligence and
navigation behavior. According to the lecturer, some birds like ducks are navigating by the stars but they only
have average level intelligence. Also such navigating ability is just their instinct therefore the connection
between intelligence and navigating ability is not obvious.
Secondly, the reading passage puts forward another point that humpback whales migrate using stars as their
external signs to maintain their direction. This point is against by lecturer in the listening materials. According
to the lecturer, the humpback whales do not use the stars as their external objects but migrate by the
magnetic field. The whales have special part that can sense the magnetic field and it is the magnetic field that
orients the whales.
Finally, the reading passage claims that the whales float straight up(which is called spy-hopping) to look at
stars. However, the lecturer again this explanation, criticizing that spy-hopping is not to look at the stars
because other animals like sharks do spy-hopping but they do it for hunting. Furthermore, the whales do spy-
hopping in the daytime when stars do not show up and it is impossible for them to migrate by stars in the
daytime.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 34, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
... only have average level intelligence. Also such navigating ability is just their i...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, however, look, second, secondly, so, therefore, whereas, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1492.0 1373.03311258 109% => OK
No of words: 271.0 270.72406181 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.50553505535 5.08290768461 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05734859645 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7997630651 2.5805825403 108% => OK
Unique words: 129.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.476014760148 0.540411800872 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 438.3 419.366225166 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 39.8002408485 49.2860985944 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.769230769 110.228320801 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8461538462 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.46153846154 7.06452816374 134% => OK
Paragraphs: 16.0 4.09492273731 391% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 4.45695364238 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.36735370554 0.272083759551 135% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.138616734039 0.0996497079465 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0631438098823 0.0662205650399 95% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.12764713846 0.162205337803 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0653944662587 0.0443174109184 148% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 13.3589403974 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.68 12.2367328918 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.89 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 63.6247240618 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.2008830022 134% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 61.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.5 Out of 30
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