In the United States, it had been common practice since the late 1960s not to suppress natural forest fires. The "let it burn" policy assumed that forest fire would burn themselves out quickly, without causing much damage. However, in the summer of 1988, forest fires in Yellowstone, the most famous national park in the country, burned for more than two months and spread over a huge area, encompassing more than 800,000 acres. Because of the large scale of the damage, many people called for replacing the "let it burn" policy with a policy of extinguishing forest fires as soon as they appeared. Three kinds of damage caused by the "let it burn" policy were emphasized by critics of the policy.
First, Yellowstone fires caused tremendous damage to the park's trees and other vegetation. When the fires finally died out, nearly one third of Yellowstone's land had been scorched. Trees were charred and blackened from flames and smoke. Smaller plants were entirely incinerated. What had been a national treasure now seemed like a devastated wasteland.
Second, the park wildlife was affected as well. Large animals like deer and elk were seen fleeing the fire. Many smaller species were probably unable to escape. There was also concern that the destruction of habitats and the disruption of food chains would make it impossible for the animals that survived the fire to return.
Third, the fires compromised the value of the park as a tourist attraction, which in turn had negative consequences for the local economy. With several thousand acres of the park engulfed in flames, the tourist season was cut short, and a large number of visitors decided to stay away. Of course, local businesses that depended on park visitors suffered as a result.
The reading is about the superseding let it burn policy. It provides three supporting ideas in order to bolster its claim. However, the professor says the let it burn policy is rather good for forest and also countrys economy. She refutes each of the passage claim.
First, the article states that the Yellostone fire causes damage the tree and vegetation. Although, the lecturer denies this proposition and she says, the fire has brought new and suitable environment for the forest such as the charred part of the forest colonized by new plants and it promotes the forest diversity. Also, fire enables to germinate seeds by producing heat.
Second, the passage asserts that the fire affects wildlife such as deer, elk. But, the professor refutes this claim. She describes, a new opportunity for forest have been created by this fire. A new habitat is formed where different species are come such as rabbit, hare etc. and food chain became stronger than before.
Third, the reading claims that the let it burn causes the severe impacts on economy as it slowed down the tourism. The point is preposterous with the lecture or speaker. She says, the fire that happened Yellostone because of the many reasons such as low rainfall, extreme drought and after that year no fire occurrence happened. And the tourism industry is booming that will in turn enriched countrys economy.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, second, so, third, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 16.0 30.3222958057 53% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1154.0 1373.03311258 84% => OK
No of words: 230.0 270.72406181 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01739130435 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.89432290496 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.42232839603 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.591304347826 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 352.8 419.366225166 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 47.3099817692 49.2860985944 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 72.125 110.228320801 65% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.375 21.698381199 66% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.5625 7.06452816374 50% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.246429459309 0.272083759551 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0674851556196 0.0996497079465 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0696010001524 0.0662205650399 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.146324665903 0.162205337803 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0557839583665 0.0443174109184 126% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.4 13.3589403974 70% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 65.73 53.8541721854 122% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.6 11.0289183223 69% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.24 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.66 8.42419426049 103% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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