The reading passage discusses the decline of Sea otter in the Alaskan coast and the most likely cause can be better explained by the hypothesis of pollution. However, the speaker refutes the hypothesis theory and asserts the attacks by predators theory is well explained.
Firstly, the passage says water samples of the Alaskan coast revealed oil rigs and chemicals from industries which might have reduced the sea otter's resistance thus resulting them to die. However, the professor says that there were no dead bodies of the animals floating on the water surface because predators had eaten those animals.
Secondly, the passage claims entire ecosystem was disturbed due to the pollution and hence there was a decline in other sea animals like Seals and Sea lions but not Orca since it feeds on large animals like whales. However, the professor disagrees. She says whales disappeared due to human hunting and hence Orcas must have changed the diet to survive and hence the decline in all animals was observed.
Thirdly, the passage claims that an uneven pattern of animals decline was due to environmental factors and uneven distribution of chemicals and oil by ocean currents. On the contrary, the professor says that the predators of sea otter can eat Sea otters only if they have enough access to the location. Thus, there were no reports of sea otters decline in shallow and rocky areas because the predators cannot access those areas.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 237, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'predators'' or 'predator's'?
Suggestion: predators'; predator's
...hesis theory and asserts the attacks by predators theory is well explained. Firstly, t...
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Line 3, column 143, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'otters'' or 'otter's'?
Suggestion: otters'; otter's
...stries which might have reduced the sea otters resistance thus resulting them to die. ...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, hence, however, if, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, thus, well, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 4.0 12.0772626932 33% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 9.0 22.412803532 40% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1212.0 1373.03311258 88% => OK
No of words: 239.0 270.72406181 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.07112970711 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.93187294222 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44512613795 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 128.0 145.348785872 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.535564853556 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 384.3 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
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: 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: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.0422631937 49.2860985944 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 121.2 110.228320801 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.9 21.698381199 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.6 7.06452816374 150% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => 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: 0.342515361873 0.272083759551 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130351566814 0.0996497079465 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0902339980135 0.0662205650399 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.204466328328 0.162205337803 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0274056136895 0.0443174109184 62% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.3589403974 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 53.8541721854 89% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.42 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.61 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 58.0 63.6247240618 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.