Humpback whales use stars to navigate?
Recently, there has been a ton of debate about whether humpback whales use stars to navigate. The writer in the reading is all up for the idea and he gives three reasons. However, the professor in the listening disagrees, and he attacks each claim made in the reading.
First and foremost, the writer states that humpback whales are relatively intelligent, so they might use the stars as their guide. He goes on to say that researches suggest these animal’s brain presents much complexity which supported his claim. The professor, on the other hand, points out that intelligence may not have a connection to navigation at all. The professor believes so because other birds like ducks do so, but, ducks are not considered as smart.
The writer’s second argument is that humpbacks migrate in straight lines. He theories that they must use some kind of external object for guidance, and since they are underwater so there is no way to use landscapes on the land, humpbacks must use the stars. Again, the lecturer finds some serious flaws in the writer’s claim. According to the lecturer’s account, a certain substance was found in the brain which has a strong association with magnetic fields. Usually, animals that contain such substances have the ability to sense the earth’s magnetic field, and the humpback whales should be the same as well.
Finally, the writer proposes the unusual action spy-hopping suggests star gazing. By his theory, the whales must float to the surface to see the stars. As always, the lecturer disagrees. The lecturer mentioned that sharks do this too, additionally, at day times which means it is impossible to see the stars.
As you can see, the writer and professor hold very different opinions on this matter. It is clear that they cannot find a common ground.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 1, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
... ducks are not considered as smart. The writer’s second argument is that humpba...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, well, kind of, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1515.0 1373.03311258 110% => OK
No of words: 302.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01655629139 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1687104957 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61570332107 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 145.348785872 123% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.592715231788 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 441.9 419.366225166 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.868974523 49.2860985944 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.1666666667 110.228320801 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.7777777778 21.698381199 77% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.61111111111 7.06452816374 65% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.292101401434 0.272083759551 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0751215594801 0.0996497079465 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.113298603347 0.0662205650399 171% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.137494484259 0.162205337803 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0839361624539 0.0443174109184 189% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 13.3589403974 79% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.54 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.19 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 Out of 30
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