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

Both the reading passage and the lecture discuss whether the Pterosaurs were capable of powered flight, and the reading thinks it may not possible that these reptiles can fly. However, the professor disagrees with each point in the passage. Here are three reasons as below.

To begin with, the article indicates that the Pterosaurs were cool-blood so it's slow metabolism unable to produce sufficient energy to fly. On the contrary, the professor calls the theory into question by arguing that according to the fossil records that the dinosaur had a dense fur covered its skin. Moreover, this character was familiar with warm-blood animals which suggested the Pterosaurs might be a warm-blood animal so that it could generate enough energy.

Second, the passage points that Pterosaurs were too heavy to have a powered flight. Once again, the speaker debates the hypothesis. Based on the records, showing that the bones in the dinosaurs actually were hollow. Therefore, the weight of the Pterosaurs was light and they could flap their wings easily. Apparently, the hypothesis seems not convincing.

All in all, the reading illustrates because of the weak and small back leg muscles so the Pterosaurs were unable to run fast or jump high. Nevertheless, the lecturer challenges the explanation. These reptiles were differed from a bird, only using hind legs to push off the ground. Certainly, the Pterosaurs usually made use of its four limbs to push off the ground. Hence, even though the back leg muscles were small, it still can fly without any difficulty.

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Average: 8.1 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 6, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
..., the hypothesis seems not convincing. All in all, the reading illustrates beca...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, apparently, hence, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, second, so, still, therefore, on the contrary, to begin with

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 18.0 22.412803532 80% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1311.0 1373.03311258 95% => OK
No of words: 254.0 270.72406181 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.16141732283 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99216450694 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58987198812 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 159.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.625984251969 0.540411800872 116% => OK
syllable_count: 392.4 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.7828002045 49.2860985944 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 81.9375 110.228320801 74% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.875 21.698381199 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.1875 7.06452816374 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.430800248726 0.272083759551 158% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.114278387253 0.0996497079465 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.104089263015 0.0662205650399 157% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.231336117682 0.162205337803 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.051650389411 0.0443174109184 117% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 13.3589403974 81% => 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: 12.35 12.2367328918 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.42 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => 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: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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