The reading passage and lecturer are both discussing yellow cedar and its species and its species decline for more thatn a century now.
The lecturer cast doubt on the claims made in the reading. The author in the reading believes that one theory could be insect parasite. The lecturer says that insect infestation can not be the reason as it was mentioned in the reading. Because of the fact that cedar has powerful chemical which insects can not be the fundamental crisis.
Moreover the author states that brown bears also use food from cedar trees because bark contains sugar. The lecturer rebuts this argument by suggesting that bear can not also damage same kind of trees in Northwest America, no bears is there.
Finally, author mentions that gradual changes in climate caused this. These changes has affected the root system of cedar trees. The lecturer on the other hand states that roots can not be damaged of frost damage. He puts forth the idea that warmth was more responsible than cold weather.
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Final score: 20 in 30
Category: Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 11 12
No. of Words: 172 250
No. of Characters: 820 1200
No. of Different Words: 105 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.621 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.767 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.152 2.4
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No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 41 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 21 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 7 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 15.636 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 4.598 7.5
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Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.38 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.623 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.126 0.07
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