The lecturer disputes the author's suggested theory that an abrupt decline in sea water level caused a massive extinction in the Triassic period. She provides several concrete reasons to cast doubt about these reasons.
First, according to the author animals were killed because of a significant decline in sea water level. However, the lecturer finds this idea debatable.. she asserts that indeed this might have happened if the the decline was abrupt. However, because the decline was only gradual, it is possible that these animals may have adapted to the change in water level
Second, the lecturer contradicts the fallacy of the passage that since volcano release sulfur dioxide into the air, it is possible that this have caused a significant decline in temperature. The lecturer points out that theoretically speaking a decline a temperature may cause extinction to happen if it was sudden. However because the rain clears out these traces of metals, it did not last for a long period of time.
Finally, the lecturer argues that no crater was discovered to prove the theory asteroid collision. The author argues that a debris which block the sun light caused this massive extinction. However, the lecturer also disputes this point. She argues that the only crater discovered was 12 million years before the Triassic period. Thus, it is highly unlikely that an asteroid collision may have caused this event
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A good leader should spend more time listening to other people's ideas than taking his or her own ideas. 76
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 152, Rule ID: DOUBLE_PUNCTUATION
Message: Two consecutive dots
Suggestion: .
..., the lecturer finds this idea debatable.. she asserts that indeed this might have...
^^
Line 3, column 155, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: She
...he lecturer finds this idea debatable.. she asserts that indeed this might have hap...
^^^
Line 3, column 207, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: the
...that indeed this might have happened if the the decline was abrupt. However, because th...
^^^^^^^
Line 3, column 207, Rule ID: DT_DT[1]
Message: Maybe you need to remove one determiner so that only 'the' or 'the' is left.
Suggestion: the; the
...that indeed this might have happened if the the decline was abrupt. However, because th...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 317, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: However,
... extinction to happen if it was sudden. However because the rain clears out these trace...
^^^^^^^
Line 5, column 404, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...s of metals, it did not last for a long period of time. Finally, the lecturer argues that n...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, thus
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 0.0 7.30242825607 0% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 20.0 30.3222958057 66% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1191.0 1373.03311258 87% => OK
No of words: 230.0 270.72406181 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.17826086957 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.89432290496 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49812405987 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 119.0 145.348785872 82% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.517391304348 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 378.0 419.366225166 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 66.4327751149 49.2860985944 135% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.6153846154 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.6923076923 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.30769230769 7.06452816374 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less 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: 0.185133859075 0.272083759551 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.069650359164 0.0996497079465 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0521879949373 0.0662205650399 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.113901756753 0.162205337803 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0360984137557 0.0443174109184 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 13.3589403974 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.47 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.32 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 63.6247240618 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => 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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