The reading passage states three hypotheses for the decline of yellow cedar population, whereas the lecture points out that these explanations are not adequate.
Firstly, the author insists that insect parasites, especially the cedar bark beetles which their lava will eat the wood of yellow cedar, can lead to the decline of yellow cedar. And there has been recorded instances that insect caused the death of yellow cedars. The professor, however, argues that this kind of cedar is much more resist to insects than other species because its bark and leaves can secrete chemical which is fatal to insects. In this way, the insect cannot be the fundamental cause.
Secondly, the reading says that brown bear will claw the cedars to get their barks that contain high sugar content, which can be a major blame for the decline of yellow cedars. In contrast, the speaker reckons that the population of cedars are reducing across the America from the mainland to the coast island. And the on the island there are no bears, therefore, the bears are not responsible for the decline of cedars.
Lastly, the author deems that the gradual change of climate may affect their root systems and the growing roots can be damage by cold winter. As a result, the health of the whole tree are undermined. On the contrary, the professor rebuts the assertion by saying that there are more trees died in low elevation where is warmer than the high elevation. If the frozen root is the reason, there should be more trees died in high elevation. So the the climate change may make the root system more sensitive, but it is not the cause.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 440, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...e more trees died in high elevation. So the the climate change may make the root system...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 440, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...e more trees died in high elevation. So the the climate change may make the root system...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, may, second, secondly, so, therefore, whereas, in contrast, kind of, as a result, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1344.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 279.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 4.81720430108 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08696624509 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.27561027582 2.5805825403 88% => OK
Unique words: 152.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.544802867384 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 406.8 419.366225166 97% => 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: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.5032475153 49.2860985944 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 103.384615385 110.228320801 94% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4615384615 21.698381199 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.6923076923 7.06452816374 151% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 0.0 4.33554083885 0% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.48392939423 0.272083759551 178% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.152217946453 0.0996497079465 153% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0661636438622 0.0662205650399 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.242917279069 0.162205337803 150% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0648148601751 0.0443174109184 146% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.3589403974 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.68 12.2367328918 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.41 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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