TPO-47 - Integrated Writing Task Pterosaurs were an ancient group of winged reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs. Many pterosaurs were very large, some as large as a giraffe and with a wingspan of over 12 meters. Paleontologists have long wondered

The reading passage discusses an interesting topic about the pterosaurs and its capability of fly or powered flight, and provide extensive information and reasons for support. However, the lecture cast doubts on this claim. The professor affirms that the pterosaurs could fly or powered flight, and opposes to each of the arguments exposed by the reading passage.

First, the reading passage suggests the pterosaurs, as well as the reptiles, were cold-blooded. Consequently, its slow metabolism would not allow the generation of the necessary energy to do this activity. On the contrary, the lecture sustains that the pterosaurs had fur or an ancient type of feather, typically found in warm-blooded animals. Thus, the lecture invalid the reason states by the reading passages by pointing out this evidence.

Secondly, the reading passage explains how difficult it would be, for a big and heavy animal as the pterosaurs, to flap their wings fast enough to sustain it aloft. The lecture contradicts this idea exposing that the pterosaurs bones were hollow and, in consequence, lighter enough for the animal to sustain a long term fly.

Finally, the reading passage claims the possibility of the pterosaurs to launch themselves into the air was very unlikely, because of their weak back legs. Again, challenging the reading passage, the lecture refutes this claim by explaining the pterosaurs walked in four legs, and not in two. Thus, its could launch themselves by using the power of the four legs to push off.

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Average: 8.1 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 300, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...ked in four legs, and not in two. Thus, its could launch themselves by using the po...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
consequently, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, thus, well, as well as, 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: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 12.0772626932 25% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1276.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 244.0 270.72406181 90% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22950819672 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.95227774224 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75507398801 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 137.0 145.348785872 94% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.561475409836 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 383.4 419.366225166 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.9173250506 49.2860985944 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.333333333 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.3333333333 21.698381199 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.66666666667 7.06452816374 123% => 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 : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.28282292757 0.272083759551 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.103488304371 0.0996497079465 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0571020326743 0.0662205650399 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.175859701347 0.162205337803 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0319925227368 0.0443174109184 72% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.64 8.42419426049 103% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 63.6247240618 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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