The passage elaborates on three main reasons attributed to yellow cedars’ drop. However, the lecture finds these reasons inadequate and believes that none of the mentioned reasons can contribute to yellow cedars’ decline.
First, according to the recorded evidence, insect parasites, particularly cedar bark beetle is the main reason of cedars’ decline, for it attacks trees and eats the wood. On the other hand, the lecturer states that cedar is more resistant to parasites than other kinds of trees. In fact, cedar contains saturated powerful chemicals which are poisonous to beetle parasites. Thus, it is unlikely for cedars to be diminished by beetles.
Bears are conceived as the second main factor that plays a role in cedars’ decline. Bears tend to climb the tree in order to eat the tree bark, a substance with high sugar content, which may weaken the trees. However, the lecturer maintains that bears are not responsible for cedars’ decline since there is evidence that shows cedar population is declining not only in mainlands but also in islands in which no bears exist.
Climate change in northwestern North America has significantly changed the time of roots growth. As a result, the root, which is a sensitive part of the tree especially to frost, gets hurt from the frost which may finally cause the tree to die. Nevertheless, the lecturer declares that many more trees die in lower elevation with high temperature in comparison with higher elevation with low temperature. This statement conclusively challenges the point made in the passage.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, nevertheless, second, so, thus, in fact, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 10.0 22.412803532 45% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1343.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 253.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.30830039526 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98822939669 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83038728625 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 152.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.600790513834 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 415.8 419.366225166 99% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.5138101036 49.2860985944 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.307692308 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.4615384615 21.698381199 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.92307692308 7.06452816374 126% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => 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: 0.419056549575 0.272083759551 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.142791469629 0.0996497079465 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0692282601241 0.0662205650399 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.230310188315 0.162205337803 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0726821177423 0.0443174109184 164% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 5.55761589404 202% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.76 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 67.0 63.6247240618 105% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 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.