Both reading and the lecturer are about the necessity of new strict rules for handling and storage of coal ash. The author of the reading passage feels that it is not necessary to impose new rules. However, the lecturer casts doubt on these claims. He thinks that, in fact, it is necessary to bring into effect the new rule.
First of all, the author argues that since the regulations already present, it is not part-and-parcel to bring new rules and regulations. The article mentions that in the existing rules, it is mentioned that companies are required to use liner in their coal ash disposal site (pond and landfill). This point is challenged by the lecturer. He says that the existing rules and regulations are not sufficient to prevent damage caused by coal ash. He additionally says that according to the existing rules, companies are required to use liner in new ponds and landfills, but not in existing ponds and landfills, which might contaminate the ground water, which people use for drinking, so it is necessary to change existing rules.
Secondly, the author argues that after imposing new rules and regulations, companies are discouraged to recycle coal ash to different products. In the article, it is mentioned that consumer feels apprehension about the recycled products because they feel recycled products are also pernicious. This point is rebutted by the speaker. He is of the opinion that consumer minds will not be changed after imposing new rules. He elaborates his opinion by citing an example of mercury. Mercury is a harmful substance, but the consumer is less concerned about the recycled products of mercury, so new rules will not discourage people.
Finally, the writer posits that there will be an increased in the cost, so that company is forced to increase the price of their products, which ultimately led to negative impacts on the public. In contrast, the author's opinion is, although new rules led to increase in the price of the goods, there is no significant increase in the price of the goods, only about a 1% increase in the price of the goods. He believes that consumers will be ready to pay a slightly higher price rather than to destroy the environment.
- TOEFL Sample essay integrated essay from TPO6
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better to use printed materials such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the Internet Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 70
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better to use printed materials such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the Internet Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 70
- Rembrandt s painting 65
- Rembrandt s painting 68
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 212, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...impacts on the public. In contrast, the authors opinion is, although new rules led to i...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, in contrast, in fact, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 10.4613686534 220% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 22.412803532 143% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 51.0 30.3222958057 168% => 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: 1828.0 1373.03311258 133% => OK
No of words: 372.0 270.72406181 137% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.91397849462 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.39173103935 4.04702891845 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67209709817 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 167.0 145.348785872 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.448924731183 0.540411800872 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 571.5 419.366225166 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 3.25607064018 369% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 62.2270831435 49.2860985944 126% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.555555556 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6666666667 21.698381199 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.33333333333 7.06452816374 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.098331015487 0.272083759551 36% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0344438949195 0.0996497079465 35% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0423952312874 0.0662205650399 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0595629865599 0.162205337803 37% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0302256209303 0.0443174109184 68% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.0 13.3589403974 90% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.2 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.24 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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