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Essay topics: TPO-41 - Integrated Writing Task
Burning coal in power plants produces a waste product called coal ash, a material that contains small amounts of potentially harmful chemicals Environmentalists in the United States are concerned about the damage such harmful chemicals may be doing to the environment and suggest that the United States government should create new, much stricter regulations for handling and storing coal ash.
However, representatives of power companies take the opposite view; they argue that new regulations are unnecessary and might actually have negative consequences They use the following arguments to support their position.
Regulations Exist
First, power company representatives point out that effective environmental regulations already exist. For example, one very important regulation requires companies to use liner-special material that prevents coal ash components from leaking into the soil and contaminating the surrounding environment. Companies that dispose of coal ash in disposal ponds or landfills must use liner in every new pond or landfill they build.
Concerns About Recycling Coal Ash
Second, some analysts predict that creating very strict rules for storing and handling coal ash might discourage the recycling of coal ash into other products Currently, a large portion of coal ash generated by power plants is recycled: it is used, for example, in building materials such as concrete and bricks Recycling coal ash reduces the need to dispose of it in other ways and presents no environmental danger. However, if new, stricter rules are adopted for handling coal ash, consumers may become concerned that recycled coal ash products are just too dangerous, and may stop buying the products
Increased Cost
Finally, strict new regulations would result in a significant increase in disposal and handling costs for the power companies. perhaps as much as ten times the current costs. Power companies would be forced to increase the price of electricity, which would not be welcomed by the general public.
In the reading, the author claims that new regulation for handling and storing the coal ash, a waste product of burning coal in power plants that contains small amount of dangerous chemical to human and environment, is not necessary by pointing out three reasons of supports. However, finding all the ideas questionable and implausible, the lecturer totally repudiates the claim and presents some evidence to the contrary.
At first, the author argues that there are many effective strict rules for regulations. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the idea that the rules existed are unsufficient. According to her, all of the sites must follow the rules, new sites as well as the old one, since all the sites are dangerous for environmet and release harmful material to the rivers and oceans that are entered to the drinking water.
In addition, the reading passage holds the view that setting strict rules discourage people from recycling coal ash into safe material. On the other hand, the lecturer disputes this point by clarifying the fact that it is totally an irrational statement. The lecturer explains that mercury is a dangerous material which has very strict rule that are successful to recycling into other material and people do not afraid of the consequences. So,
Finally, the author asserts that it has much more expenses and increase the pay of power companies which affects on the electricity and get force on general public as the last point for supporting the disadvantages of setting more strict rules. The lecturer, though, dismisses it by pointing out that it is true that it increase the costs of hadling and disposal but it's result is well worth. As she states it maybe increase the electricity cost one percent, but clean the environment and people live in safer place that are not concern about many diseases.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
...ted are unsufficient. According to her, all of the sites must follow the rules, new sites ...
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...e do not afraid of the consequences. So, Finally, the author asserts that it has ...
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Line 7, column 150, Rule ID: GENERAL_XX[1]
Message: Use simply 'public'.
Suggestion: public
...cts on the electricity and get force on general public as the last point for supporting the di...
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Message: Did you mean 'increases'?
Suggestion: increases
...t is well worth. As she states it maybe increase the electricity cost one percent, but c...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, however, if, may, so, well, in addition, as well as, it is true, 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: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1540.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 305.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04918032787 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17902490978 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64077142964 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.550819672131 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 475.2 419.366225166 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => 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: 27.0 21.2450331126 127% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 61.2149714308 49.2860985944 124% => OK
Chars per sentence: 140.0 110.228320801 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.7272727273 21.698381199 128% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4545454545 7.06452816374 148% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.362544176731 0.272083759551 133% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.110722953592 0.0996497079465 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.108151926126 0.0662205650399 163% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.191333605141 0.162205337803 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0833944328551 0.0443174109184 188% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.2 13.3589403974 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 53.8541721854 82% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.0289183223 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.31 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 63.6247240618 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.498013245 122% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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