TPO 39: integrated writing task
The main topic of both the reading passage and the lecture is about a mass extinction at the end of the Triassic period. The author of the passage proposes three hypotheses about this phenomenon, however, the lecturer refutes the theories by giving some logical reasons.
First of all, the author mentions a theory about sea-level change. According to this theory, a decrease in sea level at the end of the Triassic period led to the destruction of coastal and shallow-water species and consequently disturbed the food chain and affect other creatures' life. On the contrary, the lecturer refutes this theory by clarifying that coastal and shallow-water species had the ability to adapt to gradual changes in their surrounding environment. As the decrease in sea level was not sudden and took place for several million years, it can not be a cause of mass extinction.
Secondly, the author refers to climate cooling theory. During that period of time, extensive volcanic activities released a huge amount of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere which reduced the global temperature substantially and affected beings' life and led to mass extinction. Conversely, the speaker rejects this premise by explaining that sulfur dioxide had not remained in the atmosphere for a long time. It combines with water in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth as rain. Hence, it can not be considered as a factor of mass extinction.
Finally, the author implies the theory of asteroid strike in which a large asteroid strongly hit the earth and threw debris and dust into the atmosphere which blocks the sunlight for many months or years. It led to the demise of plants and other animal species died as well. However, the lecturer asserts that scientists do not believe in the asteroid strike theory as the evidence of a large asteroid crater on earth dates back to 12 million years before the mass extinction.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 271, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'creatures'' or 'creature's'?
Suggestion: creatures'; creature's
...sturbed the food chain and affect other creatures life. On the contrary, the lecturer ref...
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Line 3, column 596, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... can not be a cause of mass extinction. Secondly, the author refers to climate c...
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Line 5, column 68, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
... to climate cooling theory. During that period of time, extensive volcanic activities released...
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Line 5, column 239, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'beings'' or 'being's'?
Suggestion: beings'; being's
... temperature substantially and affected beings life and led to mass extinction. Conver...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, conversely, finally, first, hence, however, if, second, secondly, so, well, first of all, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 10.4613686534 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 22.412803532 58% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1587.0 1373.03311258 116% => OK
No of words: 316.0 270.72406181 117% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02215189873 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21620550194 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70137526026 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 161.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.509493670886 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 489.6 419.366225166 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => 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: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.9576381068 49.2860985944 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.357142857 110.228320801 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5714285714 21.698381199 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.5 7.06452816374 120% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => 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: 13.5 13.3589403974 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.58 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 63.6247240618 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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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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