TPO-15 - Integrated Writing Task
The cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America. It was deliberately introduced to Australia in 1935 with the expectation that it would protect farmers' crops by eating harmful insects. Unfortunately, the toad multiplied rapidly, and a large cane toad population now threatens small native animals that are not pests. Several measures have been proposed to stop the spread of the cane toad in Australia.
One way to prevent the spread of the toad would be to build a national fence. A fence that blocks the advance of the toads will prevent them from moving into those parts of Australia that they have not yet colonized. This approach has been used before: a national fence was erected in the early part of the twentieth century to prevent the spread of rabbits, another animal species that was introduced in Australia from abroad and had a harmful impact on its native ecosystems.
Second, the toads could be captured and destroyed by volunteers. Cane toads can easily be caught in simple traps and can even be captured by hand. Young toads and cane toad eggs are even easier to gather and destroy,since they are restricted to the water. If the Australian government were to organize a campaign among Australian citizens to join forces to destroy the toads, the collective effort might stop the toad from spreading.
Third, researchers are developing a disease-causing virus to control the cane toad populations. This virus will be specially designed: although it will be able to infect a number of reptile and amphibian species, it will not harm most of the infected species; it will specifically harm only the cane toads. The virus will control the population of cane toads by preventing them from maturing and reproducing.
The reading passage and the lecture both discuss the bad effects of cane toad in australian farmlands. In the reading part, the author mentions that cane toads introduced to Australia for reducing the number of harmful insects, attributing to control them. among of increasing the population of them in the australian farmlands, it caused many problems and the author gives some reasons for this problem. In the listening part, the lecturer, however, challenges what the author states and refutes the reasons.
To begin with, as mentioned in the article, the writer sets forth that a fence could be helped, if it bens them to go with rivers and are colonized in new lands on the other side of the austroilia; nevertheless, the professor rebites the reasons asserting that the fance probebly stops them to go the other side of the rivers. however, their egges can carry on the rivers, and therefore the fances are not helpeful.
Secondly, the author points out that they can be captured and destroyed by citizens and they maybe decreese among of spreading; nonetheless. the speaker flatly contradicts the reasons and contends that not only does it effect on the cane toads, but also it might be destroyed other specious too. it means that they put some of them in danger.
Fainally, the author claims that they can control the population of cane toads by virus and diseases. Although it has variety of impact on amphpribian, its merits outwight its demerits. In contrast, the lecturer rejects these advantages that the reading part mentioned and she is of the opinion that virouses have truble consequences becouse of the pet colectors that would transport reptiles to south of America, the homeland of cane toad specious, and the virous can spread throughout the world and worse than that to the homeland. in hence, whole ecosistem could be suffered by this desicion.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: Among
...l insects, attributing to control them. among of increasing the population of them in...
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Suggestion: However
...hem to go the other side of the rivers. however, their egges can carry on the rivers, a...
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Suggestion: The
...creese among of spreading; nonetheless. the speaker flatly contradicts the reasons ...
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Suggestion: It
... might be destroyed other specious too. it means that they put some of them in dan...
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Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: In
...ld and worse than that to the homeland. in hence, whole ecosistem could be suffere...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, may, nevertheless, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, in contrast, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 22.412803532 147% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 43.0 30.3222958057 142% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1571.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 312.0 270.72406181 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.03525641026 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20279927342 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60721567071 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.551282051282 0.540411800872 102% => OK
syllable_count: 464.4 419.366225166 111% => 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: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 89.0424405158 49.2860985944 181% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.846153846 110.228320801 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0 21.698381199 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.38461538462 7.06452816374 133% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => 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: 0.323779893444 0.272083759551 119% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.106700129238 0.0996497079465 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0852525352755 0.0662205650399 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.174818034929 0.162205337803 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0739247617135 0.0443174109184 167% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 13.3589403974 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.25 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.43 8.42419426049 112% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 63.6247240618 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 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.