TPO 50 Writing Integrated
Scientists are considering the possibility of sending humans to Mars in the coming decades. Although there have been successful manned missions to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s, Mars is 150 times further away from Earth than the Moon is. Thus the project of sending humans to Mars would require solving an array of problems the Moon missions did not have to face.
The reading passage discusses several problems related to sending humans to Mars. However, the lecturer finds the ideas dubious and casts doubt on the reasons provided by the reading passage.
First, the author claims that since the trip to Mars lasts very long, there should be a sufficient amount of food, water, and oxygen which is really a difficult requirement. Conversely, the lecturer brings up the idea that by cultivating hydroponics the problem can be solved. These plants grow in water rather than soil and therefore not only do they provide an adequate food supply for astronauts but also through recycling water by their roots and absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen they provide water and oxygen.
Furthermore, the reading holds the view that the negative and harmful effects of the zero-gravity condition are so severe that they impede astronauts to make the trip with no medical problem. On the contrary, the professor underlines the fact that in the similar experiences of the zero-gravity in spaceships, astronauts were able to cope with their problems by using special techniques. For instance, by regular muscle exercises as well as consuming minerals like Calcium to maintain their bone strength, astronauts have been able to manage problems related to the zero-gravity environment.
Finally, the passage states that extreme levels of radiation could be a hazard to spaceships and constructing a shield is not a practical solution since it would add too much weight to the ship. In contrast, the speaker dismisses the issue due to the fact that extreme levels of radiation take place occasionally. Also, to prevent the effects of extreme radiation the spaceship could be equipped with monitoring equipment that adds a shield whenever the level of radiation is high. The shield does not add much weight and it could be collected after the danger passes.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, really, so, therefore, well, for instance, in contrast, as well as, on the contrary
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 : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 30.3222958057 129% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1591.0 1373.03311258 116% => OK
No of words: 304.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23355263158 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17559525986 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72676337199 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.585526315789 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 485.1 419.366225166 116% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => 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: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 21.2450331126 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.2320543345 49.2860985944 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.583333333 110.228320801 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.3333333333 21.698381199 117% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.3333333333 7.06452816374 175% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
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: 0.0352687979702 0.272083759551 13% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0135721414996 0.0996497079465 14% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0219948822145 0.0662205650399 33% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0227942126086 0.162205337803 14% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0152017197289 0.0443174109184 34% => 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: 15.9 13.3589403974 119% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 53.8541721854 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 11.0289183223 118% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.35 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.24 8.42419426049 110% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 63.6247240618 132% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.498013245 114% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => 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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