TPO-26 - Integrated Writing Task The zebra mussel, a freshwater shellfish native to Eastern Europe, has long been spreading out from its original habitats and has now reached parts of North America. There are reasons to believe that this invasion cannot b

In this reading, it is assumed that the invasion of zebra mussels cannot be stopped, while the lecture argues that there are ways to control this invasion. People are unclear about the ways to stop the invasion because people at that time do not have enough knowledge to understand the process. However, it has been worked out in the following measures.

First of all, the reading claims that, according to the history, ships will help to spread zebra mussels and quickly colonize North America, while the lecture reputes the theory and considers that water ways will not rise the population of zebra mussels because salt water in the marine will kill zebra mussels.

In addition, the reason of no predators is opposed by the lecture and the the explanation is that local environment provides no food for zebra mussels and the birds there can eat mussels as well. So the cause of on predator can not convince people of the unstopped rising of population of zebra mussels.

Moreover, though the reading contend that the mussels will cause the a decline in the overall fish population, it is unconvinced when the lecture argues that even the mussels dominate the area, fish in the bottom will still have a positive impact and may even rise in their population and finally influence the population of mussels.

In conclusion, the invasion of mussels can be stopped in the lecture according to the above three reasons. The three threats such as ships spreading, no predators, declining the population of fish in the reading can be reputed by the lecture.

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Average: 6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 71, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...predators is opposed by the lecture and the the explanation is that local environment p...
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Line 5, column 71, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...predators is opposed by the lecture and the the explanation is that local environment p...
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Line 7, column 66, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'a' is left.
Suggestion: the; a
...ing contend that the mussels will cause the a decline in the overall fish population,...
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Line 7, column 297, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ven rise in their population and finally influence the population of mussels. ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, may, moreover, so, still, well, while, in addition, in conclusion, such as, first of all

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 5.04856512141 218% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 22.412803532 62% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1299.0 1373.03311258 95% => OK
No of words: 264.0 270.72406181 98% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92045454545 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03089032464 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.48008308293 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 128.0 145.348785872 88% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.484848484848 0.540411800872 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 403.2 419.366225166 96% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0662251656 69% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 29.0 21.2450331126 137% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 88.4910541618 49.2860985944 180% => OK
Chars per sentence: 144.333333333 110.228320801 131% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.3333333333 21.698381199 135% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.5555555556 7.06452816374 178% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 0.0 4.33554083885 0% => More positive sentences wanted.
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: 0.391093919267 0.272083759551 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.15167366714 0.0996497079465 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0840560039538 0.0662205650399 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.214890666027 0.162205337803 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0620519632053 0.0443174109184 140% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 13.3589403974 123% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.5 53.8541721854 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.85 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.36 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 55.0 63.6247240618 86% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 10.498013245 130% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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