Based on the given materials, the article as well as the lecture discusses a mass-extinction which occurred at the end of Triassic period and had viable influences on the existence of most living species, except dinosaurs. Beside lacking of researcher's knowledge about the possible reasons for this phenomenon, the author states that there are several theories regarding to this extinction. That being said, the lecturer provides several ideas to repudiate this claim.
Initially, the author says that close to the end of Triassic period, there were seen noticeable decrease in sea levels, which led to influence on ecosystem of coastal and shallow-ocean species. It extremely affected food chains, which count as a possible reason of this extinction. However, the lecturer explains that this cannot be true owing to the fact that although the mentioned species were adaptive to such conditions, decreasing in the sea level should happen suddenly to surprise them, and have significant effects on their existences. In addition, fluctuation of the sea level was occurred during several million years which means that not too rapid to count as the extinction's reason.
Second, the writer proclaims that another explanation for the extinction is changing in climate; large amounts of sulfur dioxide which had been released after volcanic activities, led to lower in global temperatures, and as a result, many species could not survive in the new environment. Yet again, the speaker underscores that she agree with the more the SO2, the less the global temperature, but it cannot count as a major reason owing to the fact that during short periods of volcanic activities, there were still a lot of SO2 in the atmosphere; excess amounts of SO2 had to be removed from atmosphere in several years by combining with water and falling back by rains. So, a lot of volcanic activities did not stay long enough to change the whole global temperatures, as a reason of the extinction.
The final point of contention between the reading and the listening passage is an asteroid event. The author thinks that displaced debris, which had been dropped up by crashing of an asteroid to the earth, may have blocked sunlight, and led to death of most plants and animal species. On the other hand, the speaker explains that very few scientists agree with this claim, because no one found any asteroid creators beside pinpoint of the event. In addition, it had been found a creator which was for 12 million years before than extinction. So, it cannot be a reliable evidence of asteroid effect as the major reason of the extinction.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, may, regarding, second, so, still, well, as for, as to, in addition, as a result, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 30.3222958057 218% => Less preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 16.0 5.01324503311 319% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2184.0 1373.03311258 159% => OK
No of words: 430.0 270.72406181 159% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.07906976744 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.55372829156 4.04702891845 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74600255212 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 224.0 145.348785872 154% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.520930232558 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 662.4 419.366225166 158% => 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: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.51434878587 330% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 28.0 21.2450331126 132% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 84.0709753059 49.2860985944 171% => OK
Chars per sentence: 145.6 110.228320801 132% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.6666666667 21.698381199 132% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.6 7.06452816374 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.198087103551 0.272083759551 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0636009260826 0.0996497079465 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0571799625103 0.0662205650399 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.118421016122 0.162205337803 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0406877615893 0.0443174109184 92% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.8 13.3589403974 126% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.52 53.8541721854 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 11.0289183223 118% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.78 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 106.0 63.6247240618 167% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 10.498013245 126% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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