Asthma is ussually seen as a condition whose symptoms can be adequately controlled with the right medicines. Researchers point out that it is an intermittent disorder,characterized by temporary bouts of inflammation of the airways,which lead to typical symptoms such as wheezing,coughing and shortness of breath;after each episode(often known as an attack),symptoms subside and the airways return to normal.
Asthmatics tend to be susceptible to certain triggers in the environment. These include but are not restricted to animal fur,pollen, cigarette smoke,house dust mites and perfumes. Attacks can also be brought on by exercise,emotional sters or a variety of other factors including respiratory infections such as the common cold.
During an episode of asthma, the bronchial tubes and the smaller tubes dividing off from these,known as bronchioles,become narrow or blocked and as a result air can't get in or out of the lungs easily. There are two basic causes behind bronchial narrowing: either the bronchi and bronchioles are squeezed by muscles wrapped arround them rather like elastic bands,or they become blocked by mucus and swelling inside the tubes themselves.When the bronchi are constricted ,the condition is called bronchoconstriction. Occasional squeezing of the bronchi is normal, but in asthma sufferers these muscles may react too sensitively to environmental triggers. It is also a normal function of the bronchial tubes to produce mucus and,in concert with tiny hairs called cilia, to trap inhaled irritants and remove them from the body,thus protecting the lungs. But some asthmatics produce an overabundance of mucus,and this results in blocked airways and consequent asthmatic symptoms.
Summarize the points made in the lecture you heard,explaining how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading.
The article is about Asthma and passage describes it as an intermittent disorder and author provides reasons which leads to asthma. However, professor refutes author's every reason.
First, author states that after an asthma attack, symptoms subside and the airways return to normal. But, professor says that, after conducting research on children suffering from asthma it is concluded that after the attack airways are getting back to normal condition rather they are becoming permanently narrow. This condition is known as Remodelling. Therefore, experiment results undermines author's view on subsiding the symptoms after attack.
Second, author explains that asthma is characterised by temporary bouts of inflammation of the airways. As per experiment results, professor concludes that it is a long term inflammation and this is rather a fundamental cause for asthma.
Third, author states that asthma tends to be susceptible to certain triggers in environment. Even though professor says that certain triggers in environment can cause asthma, in addition it can be caused due to genetic problems. Hence, author's point can not be considered as complete
In conclusion, reason's which author provided to bolster his opinion is based on assumptions. He did not provide any experimental results to prove his stance. On other hand, professor summarised all the reasons based on experiments conducted on children. Hence, professors points undermines all the reasons author provided in the passage.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, second, so, therefore, third, in addition, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1280.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 226.0 270.72406181 83% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.66371681416 5.08290768461 111% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.87727950738 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89074558818 2.5805825403 112% => OK
Unique words: 132.0 145.348785872 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.58407079646 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 384.3 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 1.0 8.23620309051 12% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.3794364902 49.2860985944 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.4285714286 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.1428571429 21.698381199 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 7.06452816374 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.180833234588 0.272083759551 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0673802166381 0.0996497079465 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0575418042099 0.0662205650399 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.106110914753 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0446353075754 0.0443174109184 101% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.78 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.25 12.2367328918 125% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.39 8.42419426049 111% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 88.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.5 Out of 30
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