TPO 10: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on specific points made reading passage.
The article states that the sea otter of Alaskan coast is declining because of environmental pollution and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor explains that attacks by predators is the main reason of otter population's declination and refutes each of the author's reasons.
First, the article claims that there are known source of pollution along the Alaskan coast which confirms pollution is the more likely cause of declining population of otters. The professor refutes this point by saying that pollution is not the main cause of this phenomenon. she states that there is no dead body of otters in Alaska beaches. This observation is consistent with the predation theory, because if the otters are killed by predators, they are eaten immediately and as a result there will not be any wash up along the beach.
Second, the article posits that declining of other animal's population shows that population is the cause, because pollution affects the entire ecosystem. However, the professor says that orcas hunt whales and whale disappear because of human hunters. So orcas are obliged to eat other species. As a result, orcas are causing the decline of all the sea mammals.
Third, the reading says that uneven pattern of otter decline is explained by the uneven concentration of pollutant along the Alaskan coast because of ocean currents or other environmental factors. The professor opposes this point by explaining that uneven pattern of otter decline is better explained by predation theory than pollution theory. She says that it depends on otters' location. If the location is accessible to orcas, the otters' population will decline. She also mentions that orcas are large and they cannot access shallow or rocky locations. As a result, otter is not declined there.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 278, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: She
... not the main cause of this phenomenon. she states that there is no dead body of ot...
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Line 5, column 52, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'animals'' or 'animal's'?
Suggestion: animals'; animal's
... article posits that declining of other animals population shows that population is the...
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Line 7, column 373, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'otters'' or 'otter's'?
Suggestion: otters'; otter's
...ion theory. She says that it depends on otters location. If the location is accessible...
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Line 7, column 434, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'otters'' or 'otter's'?
Suggestion: otters'; otter's
...he location is accessible to orcas, the otters population will decline. She also menti...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, second, so, third, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 17.0 5.01324503311 339% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1513.0 1373.03311258 110% => OK
No of words: 290.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 5.21724137931 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12666770723 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62134519932 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 142.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.489655172414 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 476.1 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 1.25165562914 399% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 52.421630495 49.2860985944 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.5625 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.125 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.5 7.06452816374 50% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => 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: 10.0 4.27373068433 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.42772354323 0.272083759551 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.144808755749 0.0996497079465 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0867442604342 0.0662205650399 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.272260214285 0.162205337803 168% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0374115689595 0.0443174109184 84% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.7 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.5 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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