Edmontosaur's migration hypothesis
The listening lecture totally opposes to the reading passage in the topic of edmontosaur's migrating hypothesis. First of all, the reading says that the edmontosaur's diet can support this idea because they need to migrate to find enough food to eat. However, the listening argues that edmontosaurs actually do not need to migrate for food. In ancient time, the climate is warm, so many plants were grown in this place. Therefore, edmontosaurs can get food in their normal habitat. In other words, there is no need for edmontosaurs to migrate for food.
Secondly, while the reading suggests that evidence had show that edmontosaurs lived in herd and many modern migration animals also live in herd, the listening asserts that this fact does not solve the problem. The reason of animals that live in herd is not only for migration, but also for other reasons such as more protection to avoid predators. The listening also give an example of a specie of elk that live in herd but the purpose in not for migration. Indeed, edmontosaus live in herd does not show any evidence that they will migrate in the winter.
Last but not least, the reading indicates that adult edmontosaurs were physically capable of migrating long distances. However, the listening argues that young edmontosaurs cannot travel for long distances. If they have a long travel, the young will be able to follow the group, and since the herd will not abandon their young, the whole group will be stuck. At the end, it will be dangerous for edmontosaurs because it is extremely difficult for them to survive in the harsh winter condition. To say it differently, even though edmontosaurs can travel in long distance, it is not a good idea for them to do so.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, while, such as, first of all, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 5.04856512141 238% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1432.0 1373.03311258 104% => OK
No of words: 295.0 270.72406181 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.85423728814 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14434120667 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63752776568 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 144.0 145.348785872 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.48813559322 0.540411800872 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 442.8 419.366225166 106% => 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: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.0994921479 49.2860985944 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.4666666667 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6666666667 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.86666666667 7.06452816374 111% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.207973258631 0.272083759551 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0936073051898 0.0996497079465 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.070504061639 0.0662205650399 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.150591076241 0.162205337803 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0732991541597 0.0443174109184 165% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.2 13.3589403974 84% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 53.8541721854 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.85 12.2367328918 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.42 8.42419426049 88% => OK
difficult_words: 53.0 63.6247240618 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => 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: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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