In the United States, it had been common practice since the late 1980s not to suppress natural forest fires. The "let it burn" policy assumed that forest fires 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 sale 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 and the lecture are both about the effect of 1988 forest fires in the yellowstone park of USA. The author of the reading feels that the massive forest fire resulted in the loss of habitat for plants, animals and also degradation of the state’s economy. The lecturer challenges the claims made by the author. He is of the opinion that the 1988 fire had created an opportunity for new habitat and the economy had bounced back the following year itself.
To begin with, the author argues that the 1988 fire had completely destroyed the habitat of plants to the ground. The article mentions that nearly a third of the Yellowstone was burnt down to ashes and no traces of vegetation could be found. This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He claims the fire resulted in scorched land had helped many small plants which previously struggle to get sunlight, to grow with enough light. Additionally, he says the heat has helped some kind of seed to germinate and reap.
Secondly, the author suggests many animals had also been affected because of fire. In the article, it is said that those animals may never return back to the park as their habitat got disturbed and so the animals on which they prey on. However, the lecturer rebuts this by mentioning that the population of animals has soon recovered. He elaborates on this by bringing up the point that with the increase of small plants, smaller animals like rabbits have found the park as an ideal place to live. The predators which live on rabbits also found a good chance of living.
Finally, the author posits that the economy of the park and local businessmen was degraded as a result of the fire. Moreover, in the article, it is stated that the tourist’s count coming to the park was declined which shows a negative effect on the state’s income. In contrast, the lecturer position is that tourists did not stop visiting the park even after the fire. There’s no huge impact on the economy. He notes that such a massive fires are not usual and may have occurred due to extreme weather conditions of the year. Such rare incidents had shown no effect on tourism.
In conclusion, although both the reading and lecture are both about the effects of the ‘let it burn’ policy. The three points made by the author are effectively challenged by the lecturer.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...lso degradation of the state’s economy. The lecturer challenges the claims made by ...
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Line 3, column 139, Rule ID: RETURN_BACK[1]
Message: Use simply 'return'.
Suggestion: return
...it is said that those animals may never return back to the park as their habitat got distur...
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Line 4, column 437, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'fire'?
Suggestion: fire
...e economy. He notes that such a massive fires are not usual and may have occurred due...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, third, in conclusion, in contrast, kind of, as a result, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 57.0 30.3222958057 188% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1937.0 1373.03311258 141% => OK
No of words: 408.0 270.72406181 151% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.74754901961 5.08290768461 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.49433085973 4.04702891845 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.44132288521 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 197.0 145.348785872 136% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.482843137255 0.540411800872 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 596.7 419.366225166 142% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 13.0662251656 168% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.6969102669 49.2860985944 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.0454545455 110.228320801 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5454545455 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.36363636364 7.06452816374 90% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 4.45695364238 247% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.148412159229 0.272083759551 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0427510186674 0.0996497079465 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0492424584369 0.0662205650399 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.084368149746 0.162205337803 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0545003529946 0.0443174109184 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.2 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.27 12.2367328918 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.9 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 63.6247240618 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => 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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