Both reading and the lecture talk about the fine line found in a species of dinosaurs' fossils. The author of the article support the opinion that these fine lines don't mean the presence of feathers and provides three reasons for support. While in contrary, the professor believes that these lines represent feathers and provides her reasons.
First of all, the author points that these lines formed after the dinosaur death. As it is mentioned in the article the skin of the dinosaur after being buried in the volcanic ash may have been decomposed into fibers. These fibers preserved over the fossil in lines. The lines are misinterpreted as evidence of feathers. The professor challenges this point out. She says that this is not the case for the other animals buried in the same area. she elaborates that the animals buried beside the dinosaur in the volcanic ash still preserving a good beautiful functional evidence of their parts. This is a good evidence that the lines represent feathers not skin decomposition.
Second,the author conducts that the lines most probably represent frills. The articles notes that dinosaurs have many different fan shaped structure bones. So it is hard to deiced which part of the dinosaur this was, but some of the critics arguing that these lines are remains of frills more than of feathers. The professor rebuts on that. She says that chemical composition of frills is different than that of feathers. Feathers contains a protein called beta carotene which is not found in frills. By analysis the scientist found remains of beta carotene in the dinosaurs fossils.
Finally, the author stats that the location of the lines on the dinosaur body will make the feather useless. The article establish that the lines found along the backbone and the tail which is quite useless. The feather used usually either for flying or for regulating the animals temperature. But being placed along the backbones and the tail will not help with any pf those functions. On the other hand, the professors disagrees. She says that not all the animals use feathers for thermoregulation or for flying. She gives an example of Peacock which use his colored feather for showing function or for mating. The same for the dinosaurs which may use the feathers for just playing, especially after the researches show that they mostly colored feathers.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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...pport the opinion that these fine lines dont mean the presence of feathers and provi...
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... other animals buried in the same area. she elaborates that the animals buried besi...
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...eathers not skin decomposition. Second,the author conducts that the lines most pro...
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...probably represent frills. The articles notes that dinosaurs have many different fan ...
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... The articles notes that dinosaurs have many different fan shaped structure bones. So it is ha...
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...hich part of the dinosaur this was, but some of the critics arguing that these lines are re...
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...ical composition of frills is different than that of feathers. Feathers contains a p...
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...l make the feather useless. The article establish that the lines found along the backbone...
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...ail which is quite useless. The feather used usually either for flying or for regulating the...
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...either for flying or for regulating the animals temperature. But being placed along the...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, if, may, second, so, still, while, first of all, 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: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 21.0 12.0772626932 174% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 22.412803532 165% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1971.0 1373.03311258 144% => OK
No of words: 393.0 270.72406181 145% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01526717557 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.45244063426 4.04702891845 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50901681828 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 184.0 145.348785872 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.468193384224 0.540411800872 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 600.3 419.366225166 143% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 13.0662251656 199% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 32.875954775 49.2860985944 67% => OK
Chars per sentence: 75.8076923077 110.228320801 69% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.1153846154 21.698381199 70% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.34615384615 7.06452816374 47% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 10.0 4.19205298013 239% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 12.0 4.27373068433 281% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.431862254049 0.272083759551 159% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117784321041 0.0996497079465 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0749161439435 0.0662205650399 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.259518317667 0.162205337803 160% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.078921993115 0.0443174109184 178% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 13.3589403974 73% => 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: 11.24 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.8 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => 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: 63.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 19.0 Out of 30
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