The yellow crazy ant is one of the world's most destructive invasive species (species that are not native to an area but rather introduced to it).It has spread to many regions of Earth and caused great damage to native ecosystems.In recent decades, the crazy ant has invaded part of a unique palm forest on one of the Seychelles Islands off the coast of Africa.Some strategies are being considered to stop the ant from spreading farther and damaging the unique ecosystem of the palm forest.
One of the strategies proposed to stop the ants is to use traps containing a low concentration of chemicals that are toxic to the ants.These ant traps have been successfully used in other locations,such as an island near Australia,where up to 99 percent of the invasive ant population has been killed by traps.
Another strategy would be to cut down broad-leaved trees,which are the ants favorite habitat.Broad-leaved trees host a type of insect that provides food (a sugary substance)for the yellow crazy ants.The broad-leaved trees are not native to the palm forest;they were introduced there recently.Removing the trees would not damage the palm forest ecosystem,but it would reduce the extent of the habitat preferred by the invasive ants,which might reduce their population.
Finally,it has been noted that ant populations are significantly denser near areas with human activity.Recently,a sharp increase in yellow crazy ants has been observed at one edge of the palm forest where a new visitor center was built,which suggests that more ants were transported to the area with construction material used for the center and that the ants have been eating food left behind by visitors there.Limiting human activity near the palm forest could help reduce ant populations.
The article introduces yellow crazy ants, a destructive invasive specy, which has recently, invaded part of an Island, where a unique palm forest thrives. The passage proposes three strategies to stop the spread of crazy yellow ants. However the professor renounces the strategies saying that it is unlikely for them to work.
First, the article claims that by installing traps containing toxic chemicals the ants will be exterminated. For instance, the same type of trap was successful in exterminating a large population of the ants in an Island near Australia. Yet, the professor argues against this idea pointing out that the toxic chemicals will pose harm to different native ants and explains that there were no other species of ants in the Island near Australia so there was no risks in installing these traps. Still, since Seychelles Islands contain native ants this strategy is unexcutable.
Second, the passage posits that by cutting down the prefered habitat of yellow crazy ants,the broad-leaved trees the ants population may fall. The professor disputes this statement explaining that the yellow crazy ants can thrive in multiple different locations, one of which is open areas in sunlight. Therefore by cutting broad-leaved trees we get rid of one habitat, while creating a new one.
Third, the reading states that by limiting human visitors of the Island the population of the invasive ants will reduce. Nonetheless, the professor states that this method might reduce the population, but poses an economical problem. most of the native people's income is generated due to tourists and scientists visit to the Island. Hence, by limiting the number of visitors they would lose an essential source of income and would sustain huge economical losses.
Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 235, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...o stop the spread of crazy yellow ants. However the professor renounces the strategies ...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 90, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , the
...he prefered habitat of yellow crazy ants,the broad-leaved trees the ants population ...
^^^^
Line 3, column 118, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'ants'' or 'ant's'?
Suggestion: ants'; ant's
...w crazy ants,the broad-leaved trees the ants population may fall. The professor disp...
^^^^
Line 3, column 303, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
...one of which is open areas in sunlight. Therefore by cutting broad-leaved trees we get ri...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 234, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Most
...ation, but poses an economical problem. most of the native peoples income is generat...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, if, may, nonetheless, second, so, still, therefore, third, while, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 30.3222958057 115% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1482.0 1373.03311258 108% => OK
No of words: 282.0 270.72406181 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.25531914894 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09790868904 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69261742962 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 145.348785872 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.578014184397 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 458.1 419.366225166 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => 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: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.3337781244 49.2860985944 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.857142857 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1428571429 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.57142857143 7.06452816374 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
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: 0.233401378914 0.272083759551 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0742122936927 0.0996497079465 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0485451927765 0.0662205650399 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.127368335438 0.162205337803 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0323256162013 0.0443174109184 73% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 63.6247240618 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Rates: 90 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27 Out of 30
---------------------
Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 235, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
...o stop the spread of crazy yellow ants. However the professor renounces the strategies ...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 90, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , the
...he prefered habitat of yellow crazy ants,the broad-leaved trees the ants population ...
^^^^
Line 3, column 118, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'ants'' or 'ant's'?
Suggestion: ants'; ant's
...w crazy ants,the broad-leaved trees the ants population may fall. The professor disp...
^^^^
Line 3, column 303, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Therefore,
...one of which is open areas in sunlight. Therefore by cutting broad-leaved trees we get ri...
^^^^^^^^^
Line 4, column 234, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Most
...ation, but poses an economical problem. most of the native peoples income is generat...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, if, may, nonetheless, second, so, still, therefore, third, while, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 30.3222958057 115% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1482.0 1373.03311258 108% => OK
No of words: 282.0 270.72406181 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.25531914894 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09790868904 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69261742962 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 145.348785872 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.578014184397 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 458.1 419.366225166 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => 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: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.3337781244 49.2860985944 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.857142857 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1428571429 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.57142857143 7.06452816374 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
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: 0.233401378914 0.272083759551 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0742122936927 0.0996497079465 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0485451927765 0.0662205650399 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.127368335438 0.162205337803 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0323256162013 0.0443174109184 73% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 63.6247240618 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Rates: 90 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27 Out of 30
---------------------
Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.