TPO 39- Integrated Writing Task
The reading passage and the lecture are both about the theories of the mass extinction events at the end of the Triassic period. Whereas the author of reading states that they do not know exactly what happened that eliminated so many species in a short period, there are several possible explanations, the lecturer suggests that those explanations maybe plausible, but not the good ones.
The lecturer casts doubts on the main points made in the reading by providing three reasons.
First and foremost, according to the reading, the theory of the decline of sea levels could be one of the reasons of extinction of too many species. The destruction of coastal shallow-ocean would have had a profound effect. However, the lecturer disputes this point. He says that species can adapt in different environment gradually without the need to extinct completely. Therefore, the change must have been gradually. Furthermore, he mentions that the extinction occur when this changes are happening all of a sudden.
The second argument the author gives is that the massive climate cooling in the end of the Triassic period was marked by widespread volcanic activity which made possible the increase of the sulfur dioxide in atmosphere. As a result, a lot of species extinct.
Nevertheless, the lecturer refutes the argument. He argues that the presence of sulfur dioxide still exists in atmosphere, this does not mean that the excess of SO2 is a strong evidence for the extinction. Moreover, she adds that so2 plus water create rain, so all that excess could have been eliminated quickly.
Lastly, the reading claims that the theory of asteroid strike could be a reason of extinction. The massive depression could have created a big impact at the end of the Triassic period. In addition, asteroid may have blocked sunlight long enough for most plants to die. On the other hand, the lecturer thinks that the carter that they have found is dated 12 million years before the extinction. Therefore, this is not a persuasive reason.
In conclusion, although the reading and lecture are both about the theories of the extinction of species. The three points made in the reading are effectively challenged by the lecturer.<br>
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, however, if, lastly, may, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, still, therefore, whereas, in addition, in conclusion, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 43.0 30.3222958057 142% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 5.01324503311 279% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1861.0 1373.03311258 136% => OK
No of words: 364.0 270.72406181 134% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11263736264 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.36792674256 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71949021653 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 191.0 145.348785872 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.524725274725 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 556.2 419.366225166 133% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 14.0 8.23620309051 170% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 21.0 13.0662251656 161% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 54.8173632224 49.2860985944 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.619047619 110.228320801 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.3333333333 21.698381199 80% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.19047619048 7.06452816374 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.09492273731 171% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.0 0.272083759551 0% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0 0.0996497079465 0% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0662205650399 0% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0 0.162205337803 0% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0443174109184 0% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.3 13.3589403974 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.06 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.56 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 63.6247240618 148% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Maximum four paragraphs wanted.
It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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