In the 1950s Torreya Taxifolia 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 a

The reading passage states that Torreya taxifolia can be saved from extinction by three ways. However, the professor says, none of the methods will give satisfactory results and refutes all the reasons given by author.

Firstly, the reading claims that Torreya can be relocated to the northern part of Florida in which it thrived for thousands of years due to a specific micro-climate that is favorable to Torreya. The professor refutes this point by saying, it is unlikely that relocation will benefit the Torreya. She states, the temperature and water content of these areas of microclimate are changing due to change in conditions of larger areas. Thus, they do not have original microclimate condition in whihc Torreya thrived.

Secondly, the article posits that Torreya can be moved to an entirely different location like the forests in the northern area. However, the professor says, relocation to a completely different location can have some unpredictable outcomes. She gives the example of The Black Locust Tree which was relocated to different environment and it spread so fast that it killed several species of plant which were last of their kind.

Thirdly, the reading says that Torreya can be preserved in the research centre in a closely monitored environment. The professor opposes this point by saying, labs cannot sustain a large population of Torreya neccessary for resisting the diseases. She explains, in order for plants to be able to resist a disease, they should have a large, wild and diverse population but the laboratory cannot help sustain that much of trees.

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Average: 8 (1 vote)
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, thus

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1343.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 257.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22568093385 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00390054096 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75252709269 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 146.0 145.348785872 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.568093385214 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 414.0 419.366225166 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
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: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.0214220157 49.2860985944 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.916666667 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4166666667 21.698381199 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.33333333333 7.06452816374 90% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => 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: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.118861167944 0.272083759551 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0491525211922 0.0996497079465 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0438304510401 0.0662205650399 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0773154036761 0.162205337803 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0370047762026 0.0443174109184 83% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.9 13.3589403974 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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