Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading passage. You have 20 minutes to type your response.
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading passage. You have 20 minutes to type your response.
The reading article claims that dams are incredible engineering marvels that represent one of the most beneficial and effective forms of electricity creation today and gives three reasons for that. However, the lecturer casts doubt on each point of the article and claims that are many drawbacks of dams and gives three reasons for that.
Firstly, the article states that dams positively impact the environment. In contrast, the lecturer casts doubt on this point by stating that environment suffers because of dams. In addition, the lecturer adds that dams make messy structure because of workers who worked for dams. Dams create the significant problem with natural water flow. Once the dam work is finished, the water flow becomes slower. This creates a problem with migrating fish population. It will affect reproduction capacity of fishes who require fast water flow.
Secondly, the article avers that the power generated from a dam produces no harmful pollutants. However, the lecturer contradicts this point by saying that dams contribute pollution. Furthermore, he adds that dams create flood in lakes. Because of this lake flooding, vegetation will die. This will affect Carbon dioxide gas absorption. Dams also release methane gas which is global warming gas. These two gases will increase pollution.
Finally, the article posits that dams create no financial burden for the community. On the other hand, the lecturer challenges this point by mentioning that area must be relocated where owners who buy property near dams. This would expense a lot of money, so this is not cheap. This relocating area must be needed government aid to pay tax.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, second, secondly, so, in addition, in contrast, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1536.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 296.0 270.72406181 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18918918919 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14784890444 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51982642277 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.577702702703 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 460.8 419.366225166 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 13.0662251656 168% => OK
Sentence length: 13.0 21.2450331126 61% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.2909695243 49.2860985944 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 69.8181818182 110.228320801 63% => OK
Words per sentence: 13.4545454545 21.698381199 62% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.77272727273 7.06452816374 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.240255762838 0.272083759551 88% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0730046388116 0.0996497079465 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.173468599443 0.0662205650399 262% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.237917256063 0.162205337803 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.381423011111 0.0443174109184 861% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.7 13.3589403974 73% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.28 53.8541721854 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.23 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.76 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 63.6247240618 132% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.2 10.498013245 69% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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