In the 1950s Torreya Taxifoha, a type of evergreen tree once very common in the state of Florida, started to die out. No one is sure exactly what caused the decline, but chances are good that if nothing is done, Torreya will soon become extinct. Experts are considering three ways to address the decline of Torreya.
The reading and lecture are about the evergreen Torreya Taxifoha tree, that is on the verge of extinction. The reading passage gives three ways to address the decline of Torreya. The lecturer, on the other hand, challenges the reader and cast doubts on all three ways.
First of all, the text states the reestablishment of Torreya in the same location, where they have thrived for thousands of years. It grows in a microclimate (wetter and cooler than the surrounding area) region. The professor challenges the claims made by the reader. He claims that this solution is unlikely to be successful since the climate is strongly altered by global warming, hence wetter and drier climate would likely be expected to occur all over the regions.
Secondly, the paragraph states about the moving of Torreya to an entirely different location from Florida. Its seeds and sampling have been successfully planted in cooler climate further from northern Florida. However, the lecturer insists that it's not a good idea. He mentions the back frost trees which were planted in a new region. As a result of this, they have grown in huge numbers that they have superseded the other native tree species and its extinction. Therefore, the lecturer posits that native tree species might face unpredictable outcomes with the Torreya tree.
At last, the author declares the growth of the Torreya in a research center would closely allow scientists to monitor it. Nevertheless, the lecturer rebuts by stating that the research center is not capable of keeping the trees for a long time. Torreya would not resist any kind of diseases as it would in the forest due to the availability of various plant species and its desired ecological niche.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 180, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...ways to address the decline of Torreya. The lecturer, on the other hand, challenges...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, if, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, kind of, as a result, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1442.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 286.0 270.72406181 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04195804196 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11236361783 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58829128909 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.566433566434 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 435.6 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.9676801409 49.2860985944 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.125 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.875 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.25 7.06452816374 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.147104541184 0.272083759551 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0509172018965 0.0996497079465 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0481443399106 0.0662205650399 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0895038074773 0.162205337803 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.038942233029 0.0443174109184 88% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 13.3589403974 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.66 12.2367328918 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.45 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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