TOEFL T P O 42 Integrated Writing Task

In the reading material, the author cites three reasons to support cloud seeding (spraying the chemical silver iodide on storm clouds) is an effective method to protect crops from hail in the United States. Nevertheless, the lecturer argues in the listening material that cloud seeding effectiveness is unclear and opposes the reading material's reasons accordingly.

First and foremost, the author proposes that laboratory experiments have already proved that cloud seeding effectively eliminates hail. However, the lecturer points out that although the hail can be turned into rain and snow in experimental movement, it is also possible that hail, snow, and rain can be all prevented by cloud seeding. Consequently, it will cause drought.

In addition, the lecturer casts doubt on the author's reason that cloud seeding has Asian evidence. The lecturer reveals that this successful application in Asia probably will not get a similar outcome in America to render this disproof. High air pollution offers favorable conditions for the cloud seeding process because those polluted air can interact with cloud and seeding chemicals. So this method, which can be used in cities, may not be effective in unpolluted farming areas.

Finally, the author's third reason that local studies in the central United States show a positive result is also counteracted by the lecturer. The lecturer considers it unconvincing because hail damage in the whole of America decreases just in central America and in the east, south, and north part of the country. Hence, it is hard to say that cloud seeding is the primary factor in decreasing the hail damage - natural variation and local weather can also contribute to the elimination of hail disaster.

Votes
Average: 0.3 (1 vote)
Essay Categories

Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, consequently, finally, first, hence, however, may, nevertheless, so, third, in addition

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1463.0 1373.03311258 107% => OK
No of words: 274.0 270.72406181 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.33941605839 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0685311056 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70016589634 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 158.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.576642335766 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 447.3 419.366225166 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.6365974555 49.2860985944 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.916666667 110.228320801 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8333333333 21.698381199 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.25 7.06452816374 131% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.0 0.272083759551 0% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0 0.0996497079465 0% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0662205650399 0% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0 0.162205337803 0% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0443174109184 0% => 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: 15.1 13.3589403974 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.99 12.2367328918 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.34 8.42419426049 111% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.7273730684 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.2008830022 134% => 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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