In the passage, the author supports the belief that animals can sense the occurrence of an earthquake and cites a few examples in support of his argument. However the professor does not agree with the author.
According to the passage, apparently animals of all kinds behave awkwardly just before quake. But the professor explains that people tend to recall the animal behavior from their memory only after the disaster has taken place. The animals may behave unusually from time to time. But people hardly care for the behavior of the animals in absence of any calamity. It is only prior to any catastrophic event that they remember their peculiar behavior.
Secondly, the author has provided an example in the passage stating the order of evacuation of Hicheng in China was based on the animal behavior prior to the devastating earthquake. However the professor directly refutes it by stating that the order of evacuation was the result of four shocks before the major quake. She explains that a major quake is generally preceded by several quakes of smaller magnitudes.
The professor states the claim of the scientists that there is no relationship of their sensing of an impending earthquake with the missing of animals in conjunction with the earthquake. She also says that there is very less evidence regarding the quake sensing capacity of animals. Thus the points and explanation in the lecture cast doubt in the points made in reading the passage.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: However,
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Suggestion: Thus,
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, apparently, but, however, may, regarding, second, secondly, so, thus
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1227.0 1373.03311258 89% => OK
No of words: 242.0 270.72406181 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.07024793388 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.94415379849 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60400423531 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 130.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.537190082645 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 393.3 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 41.8889769573 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.3846153846 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.6153846154 21.698381199 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.69230769231 7.06452816374 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
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: 0.141802914015 0.272083759551 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0462303098079 0.0996497079465 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0443626226087 0.0662205650399 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0853331127264 0.162205337803 53% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.021334157622 0.0443174109184 48% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 13.3589403974 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.51 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 61.0 63.6247240618 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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