The article and the lecture are about a specific proposal that consists in using the turtle excluder device (TED) for reducing the consequences that the use of nets present for the turtle population. The author in the passage believes that this device presents some disadvantages. However, the lecturer casts doubt on the statements made in the reading. She thinks that the implementation of TEDs in nets is the best way to overcome this issue.
First, the author claims that this device is not successful at all because shrimpers rarely catch turtles, therefore the use of TEDs can result in producing losses in fishers since fish could escape from nets easily. Nevertheless, this idea is challenged by the author who posits that this problem is critical in some parts of United States in which thousands of turtles get trapped in the nest which involve big impact in their population and the whole industry.
Second, the article states that there are other techniques more efficient than turtle excluder device, one method is reducing the time that shrimp boat keeps their nest underwater it implies that turtle will be able to get some air and also shrimpers can liberate them from the nets. Nonetheless, the lecturer discredits this method by clarifying that it is unlike that government monitor the time that shrimpers maintain their nets underwater, but it is more likely to enforce the use of TEDs.
Finally, the author mentions that due to the existence of larger turtles, Turtle excluder device may not work at all. Despite the implementation of this policy, many turtles would not escape from nets with TEDs. The lecturer, on the other hand, puts forth the idea that in areas in which this method is required, TEDs can be modified according to the sie of the turtles which may not affect the exploiting of shrimp.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, nevertheless, nonetheless, second, so, therefore, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 30.0 22.412803532 134% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1518.0 1373.03311258 111% => OK
No of words: 307.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94462540717 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18585898806 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54936721597 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 159.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.517915309446 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 468.0 419.366225166 112% => 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: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0662251656 69% => 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: 34.0 21.2450331126 160% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 93.3247350537 49.2860985944 189% => OK
Chars per sentence: 168.666666667 110.228320801 153% => OK
Words per sentence: 34.1111111111 21.698381199 157% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.4444444444 7.06452816374 176% => 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: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.16234617127 0.272083759551 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0679576290023 0.0996497079465 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0457544254454 0.0662205650399 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.105232421404 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.018131225088 0.0443174109184 41% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.9 13.3589403974 141% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.43 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 11.0289183223 140% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.96 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.13 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 63.6247240618 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.6 10.498013245 149% => OK
text_standard: 16.0 11.2008830022 143% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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