TPO-49 - Integrated Writing Task
The passage and the lecture both discuss the humpback whales’ navigation mechanism. The reading claims that humpback whales possess an inherent celestial-based navigation system by means of which they can migrate to long-distance places without getting lost along the way. On the other hand, the lecture casts doubt on this ostensible navigational method by citing three reasons to refute the specific points made in the reading passage.
First, the author posits that thanks to their well-developed brain, humpback whales are highly intelligent animals as compared to most other species, empowering them to navigate their way through the ocean by simply following the stars at night. The professor, however, contradicts this assertion by highlighting the fact that there are, in fact, other animals such as ducks that rely on the stars to find their way around, whereas they only have an average intelligence level. Therefore, there is no direct association between the overall intelligence of a species and its ability to navigate with the stars.
Second, the reading asserts that since humpback whales migrate in straight lines, they have to use the stars as the external objects indispensable for long-distance navigation. The lecture, nonetheless, disputes this assumption by arguing that there may be another explanation. Endowed with bio-magnetic materials in their brain, humpback whales can sense the Earth’s magnetic field and utilize it to adjust their straight directions towards their far-flung destinations.
Third, the article declares that the spy-hopping behavior observed in humpback whales is an effective technique by which they can keep track of the stars. In contrast, the speaker rebuts this view, contending that there exist other species exhibiting the same behavior while lacking a celestial-based navigation ability. For example, sharks perform this action just to hunt for preys. Furthermore, humpback whales engage in spy-hopping not just at night when the stars are visible, but during daylight as well. Thus, according to the professor, it stands to reason that spy-hopping has nothing to do with the ability to navigate by the stars.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, however, if, may, nonetheless, second, so, therefore, third, thus, well, whereas, while, for example, in contrast, in fact, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 45.0 30.3222958057 148% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 5.01324503311 239% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1854.0 1373.03311258 135% => OK
No of words: 333.0 270.72406181 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.56756756757 5.08290768461 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27180144563 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.9116278395 2.5805825403 113% => OK
Unique words: 190.0 145.348785872 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.570570570571 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 549.9 419.366225166 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.3263330267 49.2860985944 102% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.428571429 110.228320801 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.7857142857 21.698381199 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.5 7.06452816374 177% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 4.33554083885 254% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.489165708813 0.272083759551 180% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.154587883739 0.0996497079465 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0948202581548 0.0662205650399 143% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.28174705654 0.162205337803 174% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0433515472402 0.0443174109184 98% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.7 13.3589403974 125% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 53.8541721854 74% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.32 12.2367328918 125% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.23 8.42419426049 110% => OK
difficult_words: 94.0 63.6247240618 148% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 10.7273730684 140% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.2008830022 134% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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