TPO47-W1

Essay topics:

TPO47-W1

The lecturer disagrees with the reading author's view that pterosaurs were unable to fly by flapping their wings for three points.


First of all, the reading passage points out that pterosaurs were cool-blooded like modern reptiles and thus couldn't produce enough energy to meet the requirement of powered flight. On the other hand, the listening passage doubts this thought by stating that pterosaurs were with dense hair-like covering like fur【high hair level coverage 】so that they could maintain their body temperature during cool periods, typically in warm-blooded animals [like birds]. [They were more likely warm-blooded] Thus the metabolism of pterosaurs was more faster than the reading suggests and then they could generate ample energy to support powered flight.


Additionally, the professor in the listening holds a different perspective from the article which believes that pterosaurs were so heavy and large that it's impossible for them to flap wings fast enough to keep in the air. The professor claims that pterosaurs were unusual light for its size due to the some features, for example, the bones of pterosaurs were hollow and pterosaurs were enough light to utilize the approach of powered flight to fly.


At last, the speaker contends that lots of birds walk with two hind legs and thus take off with these two hind legs, but pterosaurs could launch themselves by running and jumping with four limbs which they walked with just like bats and thus studies show that it is probable for them to generate needed push power with four limbs in order to fly by flapping wings. So the view of the article is unplausible.

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Average: 8.1 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 111, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: couldn't
...l-blooded like modern reptiles and thus couldnt produce enough energy to meet the requi...
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Line 3, column 537, Rule ID: MOST_COMPARATIVE[2]
Message: Use only 'faster' (without 'more') when you use the comparative.
Suggestion: faster
...] Thus the metabolism of pterosaurs was more faster than the reading suggests and then they...
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Line 3, column 643, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... ample energy to support powered flight.
 Additionally, the professor in the liste...
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Line 5, column 303, Rule ID: THE_SOME_DAY[1]
Message: Did you mean 'same'?
Suggestion: same
...e unusual light for its size due to the some features, for example, the bones of pte...
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Line 5, column 449, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...e the approach of powered flight to fly.
 At last, the speaker contends that lots ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, so, then, thus, for example, first of all, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 43.0 30.3222958057 142% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1386.0 1373.03311258 101% => OK
No of words: 268.0 270.72406181 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.17164179104 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04607285448 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51242180183 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 153.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.570895522388 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 398.7 419.366225166 95% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 6.0 13.0662251656 46% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 44.0 21.2450331126 207% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 185.673548646 49.2860985944 377% => The lengths of sentences changed so frequently.
Chars per sentence: 231.0 110.228320801 210% => Less chars_per_sentence wanted.
Words per sentence: 44.6666666667 21.698381199 206% => Less words per sentence wanted.
Discourse Markers: 12.6666666667 7.06452816374 179% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.420520008353 0.272083759551 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.203554985353 0.0996497079465 204% => Sentence topic similarity is high.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.10478142944 0.0662205650399 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.246740608447 0.162205337803 152% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0650831252605 0.0443174109184 147% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 25.3 13.3589403974 189% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 35.28 53.8541721854 66% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 19.3 11.0289183223 175% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.59 12.2367328918 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.88 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 52.0 63.6247240618 82% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 19.6 10.498013245 187% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => 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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