Essay Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading passage has been updated.
Both the passage and the lecture deals with the question whether if a destructive meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs. While the passage clearly states that it was caused by a meteor which we also found evidence of, the lecturer argues the points made in the passage and reaches a different conclusion in each case.
Firstly, the article mentions the huge size of the meteor’s crater in Yucatan Peninsula which demonstrates how much destruction it brought to the earth. According to the passage, the meteor caused enormous tidal waves which displaced the continents. However, the lecturer calls this argument into question by saying that, in fact, the meteor was not big enough to be responsible for such disastrous outcomes. Additionally, he claims that the depicted size of the crater is inaccurate.
Secondly, the passage indicates that sediment layers allow us to figure out that there must have been a lot of dust that was released to the atmosphere due to the meteor which then ruined multiple ecosystems on earth. In contrast, the lecturer asserts that fossil records show that the dust in the atmosphere during that time was created by volcanic ash that was released to the air after a volcanic eruption.
Finally, the lecturer opposes the author’s argument about the foreign celestial bodies that hit our planet by claiming that these meteors are extremely rare. Therefore they do not pose a significant threat for our species, while volcanic eruptions are the main reason for horrible occurrences.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 45, Rule ID: WHETHER[5]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "the question"?
Suggestion: whether
... the passage and the lecture deals with the question whether if a destructive meteor cause the extin...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 158, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
... that these meteors are extremely rare. Therefore they do not pose a significant threat f...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, while, in contrast, in fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1278.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 248.0 270.72406181 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.15322580645 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96837696647 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67030486944 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.604838709677 0.540411800872 112% => OK
syllable_count: 393.3 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.1136557425 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.8 110.228320801 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.8 21.698381199 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.0 7.06452816374 156% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.125611054766 0.272083759551 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0438383424965 0.0996497079465 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0491886539379 0.0662205650399 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0725231656142 0.162205337803 45% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0565638215154 0.0443174109184 128% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 13.3589403974 114% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.28 8.42419426049 110% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 45, Rule ID: WHETHER[5]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "the question"?
Suggestion: whether
... the passage and the lecture deals with the question whether if a destructive meteor cause the extin...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 158, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
... that these meteors are extremely rare. Therefore they do not pose a significant threat f...
^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, while, in contrast, in fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1278.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 248.0 270.72406181 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.15322580645 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96837696647 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67030486944 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.604838709677 0.540411800872 112% => OK
syllable_count: 393.3 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.1136557425 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.8 110.228320801 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.8 21.698381199 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.0 7.06452816374 156% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.125611054766 0.272083759551 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0438383424965 0.0996497079465 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0491886539379 0.0662205650399 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0725231656142 0.162205337803 45% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0565638215154 0.0443174109184 128% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 13.3589403974 114% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.89 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.28 8.42419426049 110% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.