TPO-23 - Integrated Writing Task Populations of the yellow cedar, a species of tree that is common in northwestern North America, have been steadily declining for more than a century now, since about 1880. Scientists have advanced several hypotheses expla

The reading and lecture are both about Yellow cedar decline in which the reading provides some hypothesis where as lecture go against these hypothesis. The author of reading believes that there is some reasons why yellow cedar is declining. But lecture cast doubt by saying that there is no adequate information why the number of yellow cedar is declining.

First of all author claims that insects parasites can destroy the Cedar population. He believes that insects like Bettle can damage the outer layer of the tree. This point is hardly challenged by the lecture. The lecture says that Cedar is highly resistant to Bettle than any other species. Healthy cedar does not have any chance of going to be damaged by Beatle.

Secondly, the reading claims that Brown Bear can be other reason of Cedar declining. He says that Bear and its claws ripped off the bark of Cedar which in further vulnerable to damage. But the lecture rebut this argument. The lecture says that if it is possible so where there is no bear why the cedar population is declining there. He provides an example of Island where there is no bear but the population of cedar are decreasing there.

Thirdly the author mention the reason of frost would be possible for the degradation of Cedar. Frost damage the root of Cedar and finally there is a decline in the population. The lecture on the other hand go against it. He says that frost cannot be the reason. Furthermore he points out that Cedar tree in lower altitude are dying than the cedar in higher altitude. Obviously the higher altitude is cold enough than the lower altitude but the cedar tree in warm area are dying than the cold altitude.

Votes
Average: 6.5 (1 vote)
Essay Categories

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 107, Rule ID: WHERE_AS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'whereas'?
Suggestion: whereas
...ch the reading provides some hypothesis where as lecture go against these hypothesis. Th...
^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 135, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this hypothesis' or 'these hypotheses', 'these hypothesises'?
Suggestion: this hypothesis; these hypotheses; these hypothesises
... hypothesis where as lecture go against these hypothesis. The author of reading believes that th...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 1, column 189, Rule ID: THERE_S_MANY[4]
Message: Did you mean 'there are some reasons'?
Suggestion: there are some reasons
...is. The author of reading believes that there is some reasons why yellow cedar is declining. But lect...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 32, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ning. First of all author claims that insects parasites can destroy the Cedar ...
^^
Line 7, column 102, Rule ID: HE_VERB_AGR[8]
Message: The proper name in singular (Frost) must be used with a third-person verb: 'damages'.
Suggestion: damages
...ble for the degradation of Cedar. Frost damage the root of Cedar and finally there is ...
^^^^^^
Line 7, column 263, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Furthermore,
...e says that frost cannot be the reason. Furthermore he points out that Cedar tree in lower ...
^^^^^^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, if, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, first of all, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 10.4613686534 191% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1383.0 1373.03311258 101% => OK
No of words: 291.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 4.75257731959 5.08290768461 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13022058845 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.32552885558 2.5805825403 90% => OK
Unique words: 130.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.446735395189 0.540411800872 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 439.2 419.366225166 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 30.0251971746 49.2860985944 61% => OK
Chars per sentence: 72.7894736842 110.228320801 66% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.3157894737 21.698381199 71% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.63157894737 7.06452816374 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 12.0 4.45695364238 269% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.293761240477 0.272083759551 108% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100444209737 0.0996497079465 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.044011077435 0.0662205650399 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.186055925851 0.162205337803 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0302812942674 0.0443174109184 68% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.6 13.3589403974 64% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 64.71 53.8541721854 120% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.0 11.0289183223 73% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.68 12.2367328918 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.04 8.42419426049 84% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 65.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.5 Out of 30
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