Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they respond to the specific points made in the reading passage.
Both the passage and the lecturer center on the issue of whether the giant short-faced beat was omnivorous or carnivorous. While the passage suggests that this species was carnivorous, the lecturer refutest this idea and considers them to be omnivorous. The passage presents three reasons to support its idea. However, the speaker claims that although the passage seems rational, in fact, it is unfounded and not so practical by propsing three counterarguments.
First of all, the passage mentions that the bears belong to the carnivores because of their bone composition. Their bones have been shown to consist of a greater amount of N-15 than N-14, which signifiies that the bones belonged to the carnivorous species. On the other hand, the speaker counters this idea by saying that although there is evidence showing higher ratio of nitrogen-15, it does not draw a clear conclusion. The high ratio of N-15 doesn't serve as a proof that the bears exlude the habit of feeding on plants or other vegetations. Instead, the bears might also consider plant species as their food.
Secondly, the reading indicatest that the size of the sheers of the bear is an inkling that this species belongs to carnivores. The reason is that their maximum standing height exceeded eleven foot on their hind legs, which made them the largest bear type. This compares to the polar bear, the largest species of hear nowadays, which nearly exclusively belongs to carnivores. However, the lecturer disproves this idea by pointing out that the two bear species live in totally different environments. While the short faced bear lived on land, the polar bears lived in areas surrounded by ice or sometimes in close to aquatic regions. As a result, meat foods seem to be the only food choice for polar bears because there are no plants around them. Moreover, short faced bear lived on lands, so they can prey on a variety of food sources, inlcuding woods, plants, and animals. So, this reason is irrational.
Lastly, the passage points out that the short-faced bear had longest legs among the hear species that allowed them to chase animals and feed on them. Also, they had claws that were ideal for catching preys. In contrast, the speaker is against this opinion. The speaker says that although they have long legs, the legs are thin. This is particularly risky and hazardous when they chase down on living creatures or animals. Also, their claws were for the purpose of running at slow speed and over a longer distance to look for different types of foods rather than just for animals. Accordingly, this concept is unfeasible and has its downside as well.
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- Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they respond to the specific points made in the reading passage 65
- Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage 68
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The rules that societies today expect young people to follow and obey are too strict Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 73
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement At universities and colleges sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support Use specific reasons and examples to support your ans 90
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Movies and television have more negative effects than positive effects on the way young people behave Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 73
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 446, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...lear conclusion. The high ratio of N-15 doesnt serve as a proof that the bears exlude ...
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Line 4, column 58, Rule ID: THE_SUPERLATIVE[2]
Message: A determiner is probably missing here: 'had the longest'.
Suggestion: had the longest
...ge points out that the short-faced bear had longest legs among the hear species that allowe...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 81, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...short-faced bear had longest legs among the hear species that allowed them to chase anim...
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, first, however, if, lastly, look, moreover, second, secondly, so, well, while, in contrast, in fact, 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 : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 22.412803532 192% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 52.0 30.3222958057 171% => 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: 2193.0 1373.03311258 160% => OK
No of words: 443.0 270.72406181 164% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.95033860045 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.58776254615 4.04702891845 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.529389441 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 229.0 145.348785872 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.516930022573 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 642.6 419.366225166 153% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 3.25607064018 276% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 16.0 8.23620309051 194% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 13.0662251656 184% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.3351004046 49.2860985944 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.375 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4583333333 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.83333333333 7.06452816374 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => 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: 16.0 4.27373068433 374% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.106826592328 0.272083759551 39% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0303449456355 0.0996497079465 30% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0315899181607 0.0662205650399 48% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0657138878293 0.162205337803 41% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0343478855037 0.0443174109184 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.43 12.2367328918 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.95 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 96.0 63.6247240618 151% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 71.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.5 Out of 30
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