The graph below shows waste recycling rates in the U S from 1960 to 2011

Essay topics:

The graph below shows waste recycling rates in the U.S. from 1960 to 2011.

The line graph illustrates the percentage of waste being recycled and the amount of waste recovery in tons in the US between 1960 and 2011.
In general terms, total waste recovery increased. However, from 1985, it skyrocketed.
It is clear from the line graph shows that the percentage of recycling remained steady over the first 10 years from 1960. The figure rose gently over the next 15 years to 10,1% in 1985. On the other hand, the amount of garbage tripled during the same period from 5.6 million tons at the begining of the period to 16,7 million tons in 1985.
In contrast, between 1985 to 2011, the proportion of recycling increased significantly from 10,1% to reached the peak of 34,7% in 2011. In addition, the amount of waste material being recycled rose dramatically in this period and it peaked at 86,9 million tons in 2011.

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Average: 6.3 (2 votes)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, in addition, in contrast, in general, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 3.0 7.48453608247 40% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 4.92783505155 0% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 5.05154639175 59% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 1.0 3.03092783505 33% => OK
Pronoun: 6.0 32.9175257732 18% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 26.3917525773 133% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 3.85567010309 52% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 696.0 937.175257732 74% => OK
No of words: 146.0 206.0 71% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.76712328767 4.54256449028 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.47606760199 3.78020617076 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.45931427113 2.54303337028 97% => OK
Unique words: 75.0 127.690721649 59% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.513698630137 0.622605031667 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 193.5 290.88556701 67% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.3 1.41237113402 92% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 9.13402061856 22% => OK
Article: 5.0 0.824742268041 606% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 0.0 1.83505154639 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.463917525773 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 1.44329896907 416% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 12.6804123711 63% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 18.0 16.3608247423 110% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.5631725199 44.8134815571 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 87.0 76.5299724578 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.25 16.8248392259 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.375 4.34317383033 216% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.29896907216 93% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 2.54639175258 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 7.41237113402 54% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 1.49484536082 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.94845360825 25% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.348233112186 0.216113520407 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.151297271851 0.0766984524023 197% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.118150270059 0.0603063233224 196% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.217085236251 0.12726935374 171% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0764499596177 0.0580467560999 132% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 8.37731958763 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 78.59 70.7449484536 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 3.82989690722 81% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 6.8 7.45979381443 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.39 8.71597938144 119% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.12 7.59969072165 94% => OK
difficult_words: 24.0 41.2886597938 58% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 8.62886597938 93% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 8.54432989691 108% => OK
text_standard: 7.0 8.15463917526 86% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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More content wanted.
Minimum 250 words wanted.
Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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