Question: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage.
The reading and the lecture are both about saving rhinoceroses from extinction. The reading proposes several solutions to protect rhinos from being poached for their horns, while the lecturer counterargues. She is of the opinion that all of these solutions have significant weaknesses.
First of all, the writer of the reading suggests that rhinos can be protected by dehorning. Removing rhinos' horns are not harmful since medical equipment and drugs can calm them. This suggestion is challenged by the lecturer who mentions that even though humans have time and money to dehorn rhinos, the chance of rhinos surviving would decrease. Without horns, rhinos could not protect themselves and their young. Thus, it is not a practical solution.
Secondly, the author claims that the demand for rhino horn would decrease by educating consumers that it has no health value. However, the lecturer points out that consumers, who buy rhino horns have strong and ancient cultural beliefs about its health benefit, are unlikely to change their minds about purchasing rhino horns. Therefore, it is not an effective way to prevent rhinos from being poached.
Finally, the author asserts that if government sales of the arrested rhino horn become legal, the price of rhino horn will decline and the number of poached rhinos will decrease. Nevertheless, the lecturer says that there would be more people buying rhino horns after they can be purchased by the government legally. The demand for rhino horns would increase and would lead to an increase in price. Poaching rhino horns might be more attractive to poachers. As a result, the lecturer claims that the result of this solution is unpredictable.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, while, as a result, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 5.04856512141 238% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1418.0 1373.03311258 103% => OK
No of words: 272.0 270.72406181 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21323529412 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06108636974 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55387452442 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 149.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.547794117647 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 419.4 419.366225166 100% => 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: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.8978006143 49.2860985944 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.625 110.228320801 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.0 21.698381199 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.125 7.06452816374 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.0995167998558 0.272083759551 37% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0388134777908 0.0996497079465 39% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0394934733263 0.0662205650399 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0699708225257 0.162205337803 43% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0174030347397 0.0443174109184 39% => 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: 11.6 13.3589403974 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.64 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.43 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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