TPO 31: integrated writing task
The main topic of both the reading passage and the lecture is about the interpretation of a fossil of a dinosaur and whether the dinosaur had feathers or not. The author of the reading passage is of the idea that evidence does not indicate that those dinosaurs have a feather. However, the speaker takes a different view and claims that according to the fossil records Sinosuropteryx had feathers.
Firstly, the author mentions that the fine lines in the fossil are not an indication of feathers but they are decomposed skin of the buried dinosaur which have preserved as lines after the death of the animal. On the contrary, the speaker argues that the lines represent functional structures as fossils of other animals buried at the same site indicate that skin structure like functional structures preserves in ash.
Secondly, the author points out that if the lines represent the real structure of dinosaur we can not determine which part of the dinosaur's body they were as dinosaurs had some ornamental body structures which are called frills and were appeared at some parts of their bodies. On the other hand, the lecturer refutes this claim by indicating that feathers and frills have different chemical compositions. The feathers contain a type of protein which is called Beta Karoten<span class="hiddenSpellError" pre="beta "></span>, however, the frills lack this protein. According to the chemical analysis of the fossil, the lines contain this protein hence they were feathers.
Finally, the author claims that feathers have a functional role in the animals' bodies. It helps them to fly or regulates their internal temperature. However, the location of the lines which are near the tail of the animal indicates that this structure was not functional. Hence, we can conclude that they were not feathers. By contrast, the lecturer rejects this interpretation by mentioning the fact that in some animals as peacocks feather has a display function. It is mainly for attracting a mate. She goes on to say that according to the researches the dinosaur had colorful orange and white feathers which approves that the feathers had a display function.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 665, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...at the feathers had a display function.
^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, hence, however, if, second, secondly, so, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 20.0 12.0772626932 166% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 22.412803532 143% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1828.0 1373.03311258 133% => OK
No of words: 351.0 270.72406181 130% => OK
Chars per words: 5.20797720798 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.32839392791 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.18755167963 2.5805825403 124% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 145.348785872 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.447293447293 0.540411800872 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 561.6 419.366225166 134% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.336036512 49.2860985944 124% => OK
Chars per sentence: 114.25 110.228320801 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.9375 21.698381199 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.625 7.06452816374 94% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => 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: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.451707986538 0.272083759551 166% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.14451159551 0.0996497079465 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.101028281709 0.0662205650399 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.29042718328 0.162205337803 179% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0868731115389 0.0443174109184 196% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.1 13.3589403974 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.94 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.19 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 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.