cheatgrass
The listening lecture totally opposes to the reading passage in the topic of three methods to reduce the number of cheatgrass. To begin with, while the reading says that people can encourage grazers such as cattle to eat cheatgrass, the listening argues that this is not going to work well. Cattle prefer to eat native plants instead of cheatgrass. Therefore, they will feed on the plant we expect to protect. They will only eat cheatgrass after they consume all of the other plants and this result is contrary to what is planned for. In other words, since cheatgrass is not cattle's priority choice, this method will cause even more damage to the native plants.
Secondly, the reading indicates that people can use fire to eliminate cheatgrass since they are inflammable. However, the listening suggests that the fire cannot kill cheatgrass completely. Some of the seeds are located way under the ground, where the fire cannot reach. Therefore, these seeds will start growing above the ground after the fire. Besides, the cost of the fire can be extremely expensive and it can also harm some plants and organisms. As a result, using fire to eliminate cheatgrass is not likely to work.
Lastly, the reading implies that introducing some fungus is a good method because they will kill and eat cheatgrass's seeds. Whereas, the listening asserts that some fungus located in Europe or other country actually coexist with cheatgrass. Fungus can only harm cheatgrass in some special occasion but it does not happen really often. In other words, introducing fungus to diminish cheatgrass will not be effective.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 460, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
... only eat cheatgrass after they consume all of the other plants and this result is contrar...
^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 191, Rule ID: SOME_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'some'.
Suggestion: Some
...fire cannot kill cheatgrass completely. Some of the seeds are located way under the ground,...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, besides, but, however, lastly, really, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, whereas, while, such as, as a result, in other words, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 5.04856512141 257% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 22.412803532 80% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1343.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 265.0 270.72406181 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0679245283 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03470204552 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.48438340667 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 138.0 145.348785872 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.520754716981 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 404.1 419.366225166 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => 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: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 28.5263036512 49.2860985944 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 83.9375 110.228320801 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.5625 21.698381199 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.0625 7.06452816374 142% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.354200390524 0.272083759551 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.150217209233 0.0996497079465 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.106466429472 0.0662205650399 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.253338153823 0.162205337803 156% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0430631930809 0.0443174109184 97% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.7 13.3589403974 80% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.83 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.83 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 57.0 63.6247240618 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => 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: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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