TPO extra 3, anting
Both the reading and lecture discuss anting. The author states that many birds approach to colonies of ants then picks ants and rub them on their feathers. The author believes that as ants defend themselves by a chemical substance, formic acid, birds end up with it on their feathers and presents three theories about the advantages of anting. However, the lecturer finds the author ideas flawed and provides some arguments to the contrary.
To begin with, it is the author's assumption that as birds lose their feathers in summer and anting usually happens in the same season, birds try to soothe their skin by formic acid which acts as a skin lotion for them. On the contrary, the lecturer claims that ants are more active in summer, hence, it is easier for birds to find them than the other times. He explains that anting and losing feather are just a coincidence.
Second, the author believes that birds may rub ants on their feathers to protect themselves against external parasites and formic acid serve as a chemical defense. Yet again, the lecturer casts doubt on this point and explains that studies show birds which engage anting do not show less sign of parasites on their bodies in comparison with the birds which do not engage in anting.
The final point of contention is food preparation. The author claims that birds may engage anting to get rid of the bitter taste of formic acid before eating ants. On the other hand, the lecturer asserts that birds even rub thing son their feathers which are not edible like cigarettes and soaps. Therefore, anting cannot be related to eating.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 26, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...the contrary. To begin with, it is the authors assumption that as birds lose their fea...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, however, may, second, so, then, therefore, on the contrary, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1323.0 1373.03311258 96% => OK
No of words: 275.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 4.81090909091 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07223819929 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.25933801465 2.5805825403 88% => OK
Unique words: 141.0 145.348785872 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.512727272727 0.540411800872 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 392.4 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => 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: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 59.2252744704 49.2860985944 120% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.769230769 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1538461538 21.698381199 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.61538461538 7.06452816374 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => 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: 0.138690188754 0.272083759551 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0654491834503 0.0996497079465 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0539188504394 0.0662205650399 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.101898611221 0.162205337803 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0153955727914 0.0443174109184 35% => 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: 11.8 13.3589403974 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.08 53.8541721854 125% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.62 12.2367328918 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 58.0 63.6247240618 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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