TPO 23

Essay topics:

TPO 23

The reading passage briefly outlines three hypotheses trying to explain the potential reason for the steadily decreasing number of cedar trees. The lecturer refutes these hypotheses due to the following reasons.

First, the decline in the number of cedars can't be ascribed to insects. Cedars contain a powerful chemical which kills insects. The records which were alluded in the reading merely show insects feeding on sick or died trees.

Second, brown bears can not be responsible for the decline. Cedars are perishing in all areas of the northwestern North America. Some of these areas are not brown bear's habitat. So, the trees die out with or without brown bears.

Third, climate does not account for the decline. Even though it is true that the fine surface roots start growing in winter, and hence, are prone to freezing, it can't be concluded that climate is the primary reason for the reduction of the trees; the trees in higher elevation are open to lower temperatures but are dying out at a slower pace.

Overall, the lecturer believes that none of the hypotheses presented in the reading give a comprehensive view on why the cedars are declining.

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Average: 7.5 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 44, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...st, the decline in the number of cedars cant be ascribed to insects. Cedars contain ...
^^^^
Line 7, column 163, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...r, and hence, are prone to freezing, it cant be concluded that climate is the primar...
^^^^
Line 7, column 163, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'cants'?
Suggestion: cants
...r, and hence, are prone to freezing, it cant be concluded that climate is the primar...
^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
briefly, but, first, hence, second, so, third, it is true

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 5.0 12.0772626932 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 7.0 22.412803532 31% => OK
Preposition: 24.0 30.3222958057 79% => 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: 977.0 1373.03311258 71% => OK
No of words: 194.0 270.72406181 72% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.03608247423 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.73207559907 4.04702891845 92% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49780964734 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 116.0 145.348785872 80% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.59793814433 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 297.0 419.366225166 71% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 68.0336415966 49.2860985944 138% => OK
Chars per sentence: 81.4166666667 110.228320801 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.1666666667 21.698381199 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.75 7.06452816374 67% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
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: 0.287361479337 0.272083759551 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0998108570565 0.0996497079465 100% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0494884586984 0.0662205650399 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.137506294613 0.162205337803 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.058071172441 0.0443174109184 131% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 13.3589403974 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.66 12.2367328918 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.42 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.7273730684 51% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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