TPO-14 - Integrated Writing Task
Every year, forest fires and severe stormscause a great deal of damage to forests in the northwestern United States. One way of dealing with the aftermath of these disasters is called salvage logging, which is the practice of removing dead trees from affected areas and using the wood for lumber, plywood,and other wood products. There are several reasons why salvage logging is beneficial both to a damaged forest and to the economy.
First, after a devastating fire, forests are choked with dead trees. If the trees are not removed, they will take years to decompose; in the meantime, no new trees can grow in the cramped spaces. Salvage logging, however, removes the remains of dead trees and makes room for fresh growth immediately, which i s likely to help forest areas recover from the disaster. Also, dead trees do more than the take up space. Decaying wood is a highly suitable habitat for insects such as the spruce bark beetle, which in large numbers can damage live, healthy spruce trees. So by removing rotting wood, salvage logging helps minimize the dangers of insect infestation, thus contributing to the health of the forest.
Third and last, salvage logging has economic benefits. Many industries depend upon the forests for their production, and because of this discusses a fire can have a very harmful effect on the economy. Often, however, the trees that have been damaged by natural disasters still can provide much wood that is usable by industries. Furthermore, salvage logging requires more workers than traditional logging operations do, and so it helps create additional jobs for local residents.
The article states that salvage logging is beneficial both to a damaged forest and to the economy and, it provides three concrete reasons to support it. however, the professor explains that salvage logging is not as beneficial as describe in the reading; she refutes each of the author's reasons.
Firstly, the reading claim that the removal of dead trees makes a favorable environment for the younger one to thrive. The professor refutes the point that the possibility of less nutrient in the soil which is very essential for the proper development for the plants at a younger age is unavailable if the dead trees are removed. He states that dead trees are a rich source of nutrients to the soil; removal of it indeed removes the potential nutrient from the soil which may be crucial for the younger plants' growth and development.
Secondly, the article posits that the removal of dead trees removes the chance of insect infestation in the forest. however, the professor says that it is not necessary for the habitat of a dead tree of the only insect which is very harmful in nature to the forest. According to her, many insects are innocuous to the forest like spurse bark beetle. Furthermore, she added that the dead trees can be a habitat for living things like a bird which is very beneficial in the forest ecosystem.
Lastly, the reading says that salvage logging provides economic benefits as it provides employment to the worker as well as wood for the industry. The professor opposes this point by explaining that the cleaning of the forest is expensive in nature and it provides employment temporarily to the people. Consequently, the job of the cleaning requires very expensive instruments like a helicopter and on the other hand, only an experienced person will be employed in the task.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 117, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: However
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, first, firstly, furthermore, however, if, lastly, may, second, secondly, so, well, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 30.3222958057 115% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1498.0 1373.03311258 109% => OK
No of words: 306.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 4.8954248366 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18244613648 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6639118957 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 140.0 145.348785872 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.457516339869 0.540411800872 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 470.7 419.366225166 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => 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: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 21.2450331126 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 33.9054035353 49.2860985944 69% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.833333333 110.228320801 113% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.5 21.698381199 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.5 7.06452816374 149% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => 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: 0.409386062102 0.272083759551 150% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.156562784925 0.0996497079465 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0667508277069 0.0662205650399 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.228586546242 0.162205337803 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0771113373595 0.0443174109184 174% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.4 13.3589403974 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.56 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.44 12.2367328918 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.33 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 63.6247240618 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.7273730684 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.498013245 114% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => 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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