TOEFL T P O 47 - Integrated Writing Task

The passage doubts that pterosaurs can fly by flapping their wings by proposing three arguments. Unfortunately, all of these arguments are contradicted by the lecture.

Firstly, the lecturer argues that pterosaurs are capable of energy supply. In the article, pterosaurs are assumed to be cool-blooded reptiles whose low metabolism is unable to produce enough energy, whereas the lecture rejects this idea by pointing out that their dense-hair-like covering implies that they are warm-blooded, revealing that they possess a high metabolism, therefore they can generate sufficient energy.

Secondly, the speaker asserts that pterosaurs are able to keep airborne. As shown in the passage, a pterosaur is as large as a giraffe so that it is not allowed to flap its wings fast. Conversely, the lecture introduces the fact that the weight reduced by its hollow bones are indeed light enough to enable it to stay aloft.

Thirdly, the lecture opposes the passage's view that its minute hind leg muscles are incapable of running fast to take off the ground by contending that unlike birds who launch by using two back legs, pterosaurs use four strong limbs to push from the ground in order to launch into the air.

In conclusion, the points made by the lecture contrast with the reading. the first, second, and third points in the lecture demonstrate that the inability of pterosaurs to fly is n doubt.

Votes
Average: 0.3 (1 vote)
Essay Categories

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 75, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: The
... the lecture contrast with the reading. the first, second, and third points in the ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
conversely, first, firstly, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, whereas, in conclusion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 1.0 7.30242825607 14% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1177.0 1373.03311258 86% => OK
No of words: 229.0 270.72406181 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.13973799127 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.89008302616 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78241679377 2.5805825403 108% => OK
Unique words: 141.0 145.348785872 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.615720524017 0.540411800872 114% => OK
syllable_count: 359.1 419.366225166 86% => 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: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => 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: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 92.3731562739 49.2860985944 187% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.7 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9 21.698381199 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.9 7.06452816374 140% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
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: 14.2 13.3589403974 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.83 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.21 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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