TPO-45 - Integrated Writing Task Any student of paleontology will be struck by the fact that a great many animals of the past were considerably larger than they are today. This holds true for species ranging from dinosaurs to most mammals. Just why they w

In the lecture, the professor discusses why the three explanations listed in the reading on the larger body size of ancient animals are implausible.

To begin with, the passage claims that ancient animals were bigger because the atmosphere contained more oxygen-a much needed substance for life activities-at that time. However, the speaker refutes this by stating that the oxygen level were actually lower due to frequent volcanic activities. Hence, it is unconvincing to say that thicker oxygen in the air made animals larger.

Next, contrary to the second theory in the reading passage that the verdant plants provided sufficient nutrition for animals to grow larger, the lecturer points out that despite the huge amount of plants life in ancient time, they did not contain much nutrients, for the fossils had less amount of nutrients.

Finally, the instructor rules out the possibility of warmer environment stimulating the growth of animals, as asserted in the reading material. Animals and people living in warmer places, for example, tend to have smaller body size, facilitating the process of heat-realising. If they had larger body size, they would have to eat more to gain adequate energy, which in turn requires more efforts to release the heat from body and also, the larger the body is more is the requirement of warmth.

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Average: 8.5 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 248, Rule ID: MUCH_COUNTABLE[1]
Message: Use 'many' with countable nouns.
Suggestion: many
...e in ancient time, they did not contain much nutrients, for the fossils had less amo...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, finally, hence, however, if, second, so, for example, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 11.0 22.412803532 49% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1127.0 1373.03311258 82% => OK
No of words: 216.0 270.72406181 80% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.21759259259 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.83365862548 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66434682401 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 129.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.597222222222 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 353.7 419.366225166 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 8.0 13.0662251656 61% => 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: 27.0 21.2450331126 127% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 64.4708025 49.2860985944 131% => OK
Chars per sentence: 140.875 110.228320801 128% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0 21.698381199 124% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.375 7.06452816374 147% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.259693488099 0.272083759551 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.111673299874 0.0996497079465 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0423005610586 0.0662205650399 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.15276429849 0.162205337803 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0383695022029 0.0443174109184 87% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.7 13.3589403974 125% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 53.8541721854 82% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.0289183223 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.29 12.2367328918 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.73 8.42419426049 116% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.498013245 122% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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