edmontosaur and the hypothesis of their migration
The article states that edmontosaur, a kind of North Slope dinosaurs, was able to migrate south in order to survive and reach hospitable regions. The author of the reading provides three reasons for support for the claims. However, the professor explains that the claims are not convincing and refutes the author's reasons.
First, the reading claims that edmontosaurs' diet is the obvious reason for the migration idea. However, the professor refutes this point by saying that edmontosaurs the migration was not necessary for them. She mentions that the winter at the time was warmer than today and therefore the plants had a proper condition to grow which caused the availability of nutrients food in the winter.
Second, the author of the reading posits that edmontosaur fossils found in the same site which proves that edmontosaur lived in the herd. This idea is challenged by the professor. She gives an example of Roosevelt elks to prove that group living might have various types of reasons. So edmontosaurus may live in herbs in order to seek for extra protection.
Third, the author states that edmontosaur have some physical properties which make them able to travel long distances. The professor, on the other hand, opposes this by saying that most edmontosaur was not able to travel long distances. She states that most adults were capable to do such migration and most youngster one had trouble. The professor puts forth the reason that edmontosaur could not leave their youngsters because younger edmontosaur was not able to survive without their parents.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, may, second, so, therefore, third, kind of, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1317.0 1373.03311258 96% => OK
No of words: 256.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.14453125 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60836608021 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 141.0 145.348785872 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.55078125 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 388.8 419.366225166 93% => 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: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => 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: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.3516590264 49.2860985944 72% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.0714285714 110.228320801 85% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2857142857 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.5 7.06452816374 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.245410822634 0.272083759551 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0825531140046 0.0996497079465 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0877379668114 0.0662205650399 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.14402349334 0.162205337803 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0626483707286 0.0443174109184 141% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.53 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.11 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 58.0 63.6247240618 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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