The reading and the listening passages are both about the mass-extension that happened at the end of the Triassic period 200 million years ago. While the author of the reading passage provides three theories that explain the extension of species, the lecturer casts doubt on them.
The reading passage mentions that the mass-extension is because of the decline of sea levels. Also, it is mentioned that at the end of the Triassic period there was fluctuation in the level of the sea. Thus, the population that lived during the Triassic period were destroyed. The professor, on the other hand, explains that it is true that there was fluctuation on the sea but the fall in seawater was gradual. It needed millions of years to change. The fall on water must be dramatically in order to destroy lives.
In addition, the article states that at the end of the Triassic period there were massive climate cooling because of releasing of sulfur dioxide from volcanic activity. It is mentioned that this lowered the global temperature which led to devastated of many species. The lecturer, however, contends that it is true that sulfur dioxide lower the temperature but it was for a short period. Furthermore, she says that the So4 stays on the atmosphere and then combined with water and then fall with rain. Therefore, it is not likely that this theory is true.
Finally, the reading passage adds that when asteroids hit the earth surface it creates crater which blocks sunlight. This leads animals to die. The professor rebuts this point. She says that a few scientists believe the theory. Also, she adds that there was no data show that there was crater within the period of Triassic. However, there was one that was 12 million year before the period.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, furthermore, however, so, then, therefore, thus, while, as for, in addition, it is true, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 12.0772626932 174% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 22.412803532 152% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1458.0 1373.03311258 106% => OK
No of words: 298.0 270.72406181 110% => OK
Chars per words: 4.89261744966 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15483772266 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50871190491 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 149.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 434.7 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.7062621965 49.2860985944 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 76.7368421053 110.228320801 70% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.6842105263 21.698381199 72% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.63157894737 7.06452816374 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.248107288935 0.272083759551 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.076290471166 0.0996497079465 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0688266908355 0.0662205650399 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.150592747376 0.162205337803 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0239904386408 0.0443174109184 54% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.4 13.3589403974 70% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 64.71 53.8541721854 120% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.0 11.0289183223 73% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.79 12.2367328918 88% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.14 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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