Both the reading and the lecture are about ethanol fuel and its possible use as an alternative fuel to gasoline in the future. While the author of the reading argues that ethanol is not a decent substitute for gasoline, the professor disputes this claim. He states that actually, ethanol is a proper replacement for gasoline, and none of the reasons mentioned in the reading are not convincing. The lecturer casts doubts on the main points made in the passage by providing three controversial reasons.
In the reading, the author begins by saying that ethanol does not solve the global warming problem as it produces carbon dioxide when it is burned. However, the professor disagrees with this idea. He asserts that ethanol is made from plants such as corn, which absorb carbon dioxide during the growth process since carbon dioxide is one of the primary vital nutrients for this process. Therefore, despite the fact that ethanol produces carbon dioxide after burning, by and large, using ethanol removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Furthermore, according to the reading, the increasing use of ethanol would significantly reduce the number of plants available for other benefits, such as animals' food, since ethanol is mainly made from plants. On the other hand, the professor points out that ethanol is produced from some parts of plants that are not eaten by animals. So, ethanol as a fuel has nothing to do with reducing animal food sources.
Finally, the author believes that ethanol is a very prohibitive fuel and is not able to compete with gasoline in price. Not surprisingly, the lecturer takes issue with this assertion by contending that if ethanol become a widespread fuel and people start buying it, its cost will drop up to 40%. Even without the government's support, its price would be affordable for most people.
To sum up, both the author and the lecturer hold conflicting views on using ethanol as an alternative fuel to gasoline.
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Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, finally, furthermore, however, if, so, therefore, while, such as, by and large, to sum up, 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 : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1644.0 1373.03311258 120% => OK
No of words: 325.0 270.72406181 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05846153846 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24591054749 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57142421339 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.516923076923 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 514.8 419.366225166 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.1779876471 49.2860985944 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.6 110.228320801 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6666666667 21.698381199 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.86666666667 7.06452816374 111% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
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: 0.321750388379 0.272083759551 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.108691212981 0.0996497079465 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0607592872265 0.0662205650399 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.175048295556 0.162205337803 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0545946532709 0.0443174109184 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.37 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 63.6247240618 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, finally, furthermore, however, if, so, therefore, while, such as, by and large, to sum up, 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 : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1644.0 1373.03311258 120% => OK
No of words: 325.0 270.72406181 120% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05846153846 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24591054749 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.57142421339 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 168.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.516923076923 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 514.8 419.366225166 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.1779876471 49.2860985944 84% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.6 110.228320801 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.6666666667 21.698381199 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.86666666667 7.06452816374 111% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
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: 0.321750388379 0.272083759551 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.108691212981 0.0996497079465 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0607592872265 0.0662205650399 92% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.175048295556 0.162205337803 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0545946532709 0.0443174109184 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.37 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 63.6247240618 119% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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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.