Asthma
The reading and the lecture are both about asthma and its consequences. The writer of the passage believes that asthma is an ill that can be treated medically and that the symptoms disappear after an attack. The lecturer challenges the statements made by the writer. He is of the opinion that there might be some other causes to this disorder.
First, the writer states that coughing, wheezing, and other symptoms are temporary. It is mentioned that airways go back to normality after an attack. However, the lecturer refutes this by asserting that in the past this was a common belief, but in recent time it has been proved that some airway problems might be forever. Furthermore, he says that remodeling problem in airways has been found in children after and before an asthma event.
Secondly, the author establishes that asthma is caused either by wrapped muscles around the bronchi or mucus stuck inside the breathing tubes. The article claims that asthmatic people is more sensitivity to external stimulus because of this problem. On the other hand, the professor says that remodeling as well as genetics are causes of asthma. He puts forth the idea that the sensitive reaction to environmental agents is because of genetics in people. Additionally, the lecturer assures that the combination of genetics and environmental stimulus is a strong cause of asthma.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 209, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...the symptoms disappear after an attack. The lecturer challenges the statements made...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, however, second, secondly, so, well, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1147.0 1373.03311258 84% => OK
No of words: 225.0 270.72406181 83% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.09777777778 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.87298334621 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69083125437 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 124.0 145.348785872 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.551111111111 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 357.3 419.366225166 85% => 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
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 32.2358174861 49.2860985944 65% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.2307692308 110.228320801 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.3076923077 21.698381199 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 7.06452816374 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.258742250921 0.272083759551 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.10070834862 0.0996497079465 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.111555215914 0.0662205650399 168% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.181584953427 0.162205337803 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0672110794665 0.0443174109184 152% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 13.3589403974 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.0 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 64.0 63.6247240618 101% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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