The article and the lecture are both about endotherms, and incorporates their respective reasoning whether dinosaurs were endotherms or not. The author of the analytical piece suggests that there are considerable evidences which states that dinosaurs were endotherms. However, the professor casts doubt on each of the claims presented by the author. She states that the author's proposition is based on several unconscionable assumptions, and calling dinosaurs as endotherms is purely injudicious.
To begin with, the author claims that animals could be active only if they can maintain body temperature higher than their surroundings. He notes that dinosaur fossils in Polar Regions is the evidence that they hold this great characteristic of endotherms. The point is challenged by the professor. She states that the fossils found in Polar Regions were relatively warmer, warm enough for any of the non-endotherms present at that time. Furthermore, she points out that dinosaurs could have migrated to warmer regions during cold weathers or even hibernated for the entire season so as to remain alive.
In addition, the author states that the physiology of endothermy allows physical activities like running. He argues that as dinosaur's legs were positioned below their body, they must have used them for running purpose. However, the professor rebuts this argument. She suggests that the dinosaurs may are characterized with their large legs to support their own weight. She notes that the legs could have been advantageous for their large bodies in tasks other than running.
Finally, the author mentions that dinosaur's bones include structures called Haversian canals which allow them grow quickly; rapid body growth being a characteristic of endothermy. The professor, on the other hand, puts forth the idea that those bones also include growth rings which is the reason behind animals' slow growth during cold periods. She adds that variation in growth (rapid during warm, and slow during cold weathers) is not a characteristic of endotherms.
In conclusion, the professor effectively refutes each of the claims and theories presented in the passage.
- TOEFL T P O 4 Integrated Writing Task 48
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- TPO-11 - Integrated Writing Task A recent study reveals that people especially young people are reading far less literature,novels, plays, and poems,than they used to. This is troubling because the trend has unfortunate effects for the reading public, for 70
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 582, Rule ID: SO_AS_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'to'
Suggestion: to
...r even hibernated for the entire season so as to remain alive. In addition, the autho...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'finally', 'furthermore', 'however', 'if', 'may', 'so', 'as to', 'in addition', 'in conclusion', 'to begin with', 'on the other hand']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.237057220708 0.261695866417 91% => OK
Verbs: 0.179836512262 0.158904122519 113% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0817438692098 0.0723426182421 113% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0408719346049 0.0435111971325 94% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0517711171662 0.0277247811725 187% => OK
Prepositions: 0.147138964578 0.128828473217 114% => OK
Participles: 0.0490463215259 0.0370669169778 132% => OK
Conjunctions: 2.84323490503 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0108991825613 0.0208969081088 52% => OK
Particles: 0.00272479564033 0.00154638098197 176% => OK
Determiners: 0.108991825613 0.128158765124 85% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.016348773842 0.0158828679856 103% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0108991825613 0.0114777025283 95% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2162.0 1645.83664459 131% => OK
No of words: 334.0 271.125827815 123% => OK
Chars per words: 6.47305389222 6.08160592843 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27500489853 4.04852973271 106% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.398203592814 0.374372842146 106% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.287425149701 0.287516216867 100% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.221556886228 0.187439937562 118% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.161676646707 0.113142543107 143% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.84323490503 2.5805825403 110% => OK
Unique words: 180.0 145.348785872 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.538922155689 0.539623497131 100% => OK
Word variations: 57.4833234783 53.8517498576 107% => OK
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0529801325 138% => OK
Sentence length: 18.5555555556 21.7502111507 85% => OK
Sentence length SD: 36.1927709172 49.3711431718 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.111111111 132.220823453 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5555555556 21.7502111507 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.722222222222 0.878197800319 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 3.39072847682 29% => OK
Readability: 47.2980705256 50.5018328374 94% => OK
Elegance: 1.59 1.90840788429 83% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.646459946736 0.549887131256 118% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.108228422054 0.142949733639 76% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0834275671694 0.0787303798458 106% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.57120884499 0.631733273073 90% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.149532594072 0.139662658121 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.25565737844 0.266732575781 96% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0805797245754 0.103435571967 78% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.331529674816 0.414875509568 80% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0936179582322 0.0530846634433 176% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.416910812395 0.40443939384 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0842472853022 0.0528353158467 159% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 4.33554083885 277% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.26048565121 47% => OK
Positive topic words: 10.0 3.49668874172 286% => OK
Negative topic words: 4.0 3.62251655629 110% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 3.1766004415 63% => OK
Total topic words: 16.0 10.2958057395 155% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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Note: This is not the final score. 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.