Ash trees

Essay topics:

Ash trees

The listening lecture totally opposes to the reading passage in whether people can save the ash tree from the catastrophic damage caused by the emerald ash borers. To begin with, the reading says that banning commercial transportation will prevent these trees from spreading. However, the listening indicates that this idea is not comprehensive. Banning cannot prevent individual spreading, because people often cannot distinguish whether this tree is infested or not. For instance, when people go out camping, they might take the infested trees home and use it as fire wood. In other words, people often spread the infested trees without noticing because they can not distinguish between trees.

In addition, the reading implies that people can drill holes in the ash trees and inject a chemical that either kill the emerald ash borers or force them to leave the trees. Likewise, the listening argues that this solution is not likely to work. The chemical only have the effect for 2 years, so people will need to inject it every 2 years. Therefore, there will be many holes on the trees, which is not good for them because they will become more vulnerable and be destroyed be other insects.

Last but not least, the reading suggests that people can plant trap trees that emerald ash borers like to lay their eggs on so foresters can discover it and eventually kill the emerald ash borers. Nevertheless, the listening asserts that this idea will work only if foresters cut down all of the trees before the young emerald ash borers mature. However, people often forget or do not have time to cut down all of the trees. As a result, this will cause the number of emerald ash borers increase and become even more harmful to the ash trees.

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Average: 6.5 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 286, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...ea will work only if foresters cut down all of the trees before the young emerald ash bore...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 408, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
... forget or do not have time to cut down all of the trees. As a result, this will cause the...
^^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, likewise, nevertheless, so, therefore, for instance, in addition, as a result, in other words, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 5.04856512141 297% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1446.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 296.0 270.72406181 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.88513513514 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14784890444 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.38947618125 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 146.0 145.348785872 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.493243243243 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 436.5 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.5725149218 49.2860985944 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.285714286 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1428571429 21.698381199 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.0 7.06452816374 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.355937252504 0.272083759551 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.132560868425 0.0996497079465 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.125790834967 0.0662205650399 190% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.263620539006 0.162205337803 163% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0740110015862 0.0443174109184 167% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.08 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.29 8.42419426049 87% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:

para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3

Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).

Don't need a conclusion paragraph.

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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 Out of 30
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