The reading discusses three reasons to believe that a small mammal, R. robustus, could not have been an active hunter (perhaps it was scavenger that sometimes fed on unhatched eggs of psitticosaur dinosaur), but lecturer presents reasons why each of these three reasons are unconvincing.
The article states that R. robustus was probably just a scavenger and not an active hunter of dinosaurs and provided three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that R. robustus was an active hunter and refutes each of the author's reasons.
First, the reading states that R. robusutus were like the size of a domestic cat and could not have been predators of Psittacosaurs. The professsor refutes this point. She states that R. robustus might have been too small to eat big dinosaurs but were able to eat baby dinosaurs. She stated that predators are known to be able to eat preys that they were twice as large as in size.
Second, the article claims that the legs of R robusutus were not suited for hunting but rather for scavenging because they were positioned at the side and not beneath the animal. The professor disagreed with this statement and gave an example of a modern animal known as the Tasmanian Devil. The Tasmanian devil has short legs at it sides and can still run for fifiteeen kilometres per hour. It is an active predator. If the Tasmanian Devil can be an active predator with these features, then the R robustus is also an active predator.
Third, the reading claims that the bones of the Dinosaurs found in the R. robustus stomach did not have marks. Therefore, there is no evidence that the Dinosaurs were hunted. The professor explains the reason for the absence of marks on the bones Dinosaurs found in the R. robusutus stomach, by stating that R robusutus had powerful jaws and didn't use the back of it teeth for chewing, it swallowed it prey whole or in big pieces.
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...f it teeth for chewing, it swallowed it prey whole or in big pieces.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, second, so, still, then, therefore, third
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1341.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 283.0 270.72406181 105% => OK
Chars per words: 4.73851590106 5.08290768461 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10153676581 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.46036391677 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 142.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.501766784452 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 411.3 419.366225166 98% => 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: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
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: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.1439406941 49.2860985944 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 67.05 110.228320801 61% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.15 21.698381199 65% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.6 7.06452816374 51% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.27373068433 281% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.241951688455 0.272083759551 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0745549555742 0.0996497079465 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0885983065508 0.0662205650399 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.158123163949 0.162205337803 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0987745319452 0.0443174109184 223% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.0 13.3589403974 60% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 65.73 53.8541721854 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.6 11.0289183223 69% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.62 12.2367328918 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.4 8.42419426049 88% => OK
difficult_words: 55.0 63.6247240618 86% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 4.0 10.7273730684 37% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.0 Out of 30
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