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TPO 55 Device to help trees grow and fight desertification

The passage talks about a novel device created to help grow trees and stop desertification. According to the text, this box-shaped device surrounds the young tree, collects water by condensing from the vapor in the atmosphere, and helps the tree to grow. Although the device is beneficial in fighting desertification, some scientists cast doubt on its applicability, which the passage lists. However, the professor disagrees with the text and believes the negative points mentioned about the device are not convincing enough and it is worthwhile to consider its usage.

First, the reading states the high cost of buying these devices is a discouraging factor for countries to invest in them. On the other hand, the professor points out that these devices can be reused at least 20 times. Once the tree grows big, the device can be removed and used to support a new sapling. Therefore, if the cost of the device is divided by all the possible trees a single device can be used for, it can be concluded that they are not as expensive as first thought.

Second, the passage mentions that it is difficult to motivate local people to install and maintain the devices if they do not directly provide people with food or other benefits. Contrary to this idea, the professor believes that such devices can provide the locals with enough incentives to persuade them in installing the devices. For example, the water collected by the device can be used for a variety of other plants such as vegetables. Additionally, once the tree grows, local people can harvest tree branches for firewood. So, it is apparent that there would be enough motivations for the locals to tend to these devices.

Third, the text brings the limit of the devices in providing enough water for outgrown trees as a liability for their usage. It is written that once the tree grows too big for the device to sustain, the tree might not be able to survive in harsh desert conditions. Conversely, the professor illustrates that these devices are designed to help trees survive on their own by giving an example of an overwhelming number of trees cultivated using the devices that were able to survive for at least two years after the removal of the device. She mentions that trees in deserts grow deep roots that help them reach underground water resources. Once the tree reaches this source of water, it will not have to depend on the device to continue its survival.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
conversely, first, however, if, second, so, therefore, third, while, at least, for example, such as, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 22.412803532 152% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 30.3222958057 168% => 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: 2025.0 1373.03311258 147% => OK
No of words: 416.0 270.72406181 154% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.86778846154 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51620172871 4.04702891845 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61814824115 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 199.0 145.348785872 137% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.478365384615 0.540411800872 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 627.3 419.366225166 150% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.5073254176 49.2860985944 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.5 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.1111111111 21.698381199 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.55555555556 7.06452816374 93% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.579513766348 0.272083759551 213% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.212990359361 0.0996497079465 214% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0779122279759 0.0662205650399 118% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.376059022713 0.162205337803 232% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0502261496829 0.0443174109184 113% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.27 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 92.0 63.6247240618 145% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
conversely, first, however, if, second, so, therefore, third, while, at least, for example, such as, on the other hand

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