The main idea of both the reading and the talk is Sinosauropterix. Considering this, the author claims that this kind of dinosaur was not feathered. The professor, on the other hand, categorically denies whatever mentioned in the passage through providing three reasons.
First, the author states that the fine lines are a structure that were formed after the animal's death and do not show the functional structure of a living dinosaur. The lecturer, nevertheless, rejects the author's view and illustrates that these lines are unlikely to result in decomposition of skin because they have not been seen in other animals burying on the same site. Furthermore, the feather of some animals has been well preserved in volcanic ash, so it does not indicate the fiber.
Second, the reading highlights that scientists cannot tell that the structures were what part of the anatomy and it might be part of frill. However, the professor asserts that there is a difference between feather and frill. She provides the results of recent experiments that have shown fine lines have beta-keratin which is a substance that can be found only in feather, no-frill. Thus the presence of beta-keratin is another indicator of the feather.
Finally, the author argues that feathers helped animals fly or regulate their internal temperature but the structure represented by the lines located along the backbone and the tail of the animal. Nonetheless, the lecturer rejects this idea, saying that feathers sometimes have functions apart from flying or internal temperature control. She uses the example of one species of birds that utilizes its feathers for attracting its mate. Analyzing the structure of fine lines has shown that the dinosaur uses its orange and white feathers for display.
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Essay reference notes: This topic is refereed from another essay topic, developed by user: mahi22
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 89, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'animals'' or 'animal's'?
Suggestion: animals'; animal's
... a structure that were formed after the animals death and do not show the functional st...
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Line 3, column 383, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...can be found only in feather, no-frill. Thus the presence of beta-keratin is another...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, however, if, nevertheless, nonetheless, second, so, thus, well, apart from, kind of, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1489.0 1373.03311258 108% => OK
No of words: 285.0 270.72406181 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22456140351 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10876417139 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76887239778 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 145.348785872 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.575438596491 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 462.6 419.366225166 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => 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: 43.2035996233 49.2860985944 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.357142857 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.3571428571 21.698381199 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.71428571429 7.06452816374 138% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => 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: 0.397422243301 0.272083759551 146% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.123908397385 0.0996497079465 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.106348914476 0.0662205650399 161% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.214149662686 0.162205337803 132% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0967070179241 0.0443174109184 218% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.78 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 63.6247240618 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.7273730684 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => 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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