TPO-47 - Integrated Writing Task Pterosaurs were an ancient group of winged reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs. Many pterosaurs were very large, some as large as a giraffe and with a wingspan of over 12 meters. Paleontologists have long wondered

Apparently there have been some historical debates about whether pterosaurs were capable to fly. The professor tries to convince her class that pterosaurs were actually able to fly, despite of what they read from the article.

First is the issue of pterosaurs energy. The lecture explains that pterosaurs `fossil have dense hair cover that usually presents in warm-blooded animals. This hair cover helps them maintain their body temperature in cold environment. Because of this pterosaurs can provide enough energy to fly.

Second is the issue of heavy body. The professor puts forth the idea that eventhough pterosaurs have a large body compartment, they are not heavy. She says that their bones are not solid which makes them light enough to fly. The author`s interpretation of this is not shared by many scholars in the field.

Finally is the issue of back leg muscles. The professor addresses the body structure of pterosaurs. She states that unlike birds who use only 2 legs to walk, pterosaurs use their four legs to walk on the ground. Because of this the professor refuse to accept the author`s claim that the back muscles of pterosaurs are not strong enough to provide them with the necessary force to jump up high in the air.

Basically, the professor illuminates the ongoing scholarly debate about the capability of pterosaurs to fly.

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Average: 8.1 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 241, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Because” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...r body temperature in cold environment. Because of this pterosaurs can provide enough e...
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Line 3, column 252, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...erature in cold environment. Because of this pterosaurs can provide enough energy to...
^^^^
Line 8, column 1, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Finally,
...hared by many scholars in the field. Finally is the issue of back leg muscles. The p...
^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, apparently, finally, first, second, so

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 0.0 7.30242825607 0% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => 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: 1154.0 1373.03311258 84% => OK
No of words: 223.0 270.72406181 82% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.17488789238 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.86434787811 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74260617596 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 125.0 145.348785872 86% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.560538116592 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 352.8 419.366225166 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.0331031675 49.2860985944 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 76.9333333333 110.228320801 70% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.8666666667 21.698381199 69% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.2 7.06452816374 45% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => 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: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.307583327425 0.272083759551 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0976601789449 0.0996497079465 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0618518484189 0.0662205650399 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.166241410034 0.162205337803 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0619960843065 0.0443174109184 140% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 13.3589403974 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.27 53.8541721854 106% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.8 11.0289183223 80% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.11 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.7273730684 56% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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