dinosaurs
The passage adopts facts about endotherms, and gives three reasons why dinosaurs were considered as endotherms. However, none of the reasons survive the further scrutiny of the lecture.
First things first, the passage claims that the dinosaur fossils’ presence indicates that dinosaurs can survive harshly cold climates, which simultaneously tallies with one of the traits of endotherms. To refute that, the professor says that the polar regions before were not as cold as they are today, at least they were warm enough for the dinosaurs to live. Furthermore, during the harsh winters, there is a possibility that some dinosaurs actually migrate to warmer regions. Therefore, relying on fossils alone, we can't infer the moves of dinosaurs, and we won't know whether they have the characteristics of endotherms.
Secondly, the lecturer asserts that the passage is baseless to say that the positioning of dinosaurs’ legs can suggest they are endotherms. She says that dinosaurs had legs under their bodies to support their huge weights, not to provide them body structures of an endotherm. With the legs under their bodies, dinosaurs can grow into a very large size. In short, the functions of these short legs are unrelated to running and similar activities of the dinosaurs.
After proving the first to reasons wrong, the lecturer deals with the last claim of the passage. Dinosaur bones contained Haversian canals, which allow for fast bone growth. These traits are typical of endotherms. However, the lecturer explains that other than the canals, dinosaur bones also had features from animals other than endotherms. The bones particularly contain growth rings, which identify the fact that the dinosaurs grow in a very slow rate, which is typical of other animals.
All in all, the professor challenges the passage by giving reasons as to why she thinks dinosaurs are not endotherms.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 520, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...Therefore, relying on fossils alone, we cant infer the moves of dinosaurs, and we wo...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, furthermore, however, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, as to, at least, in short
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 30.3222958057 129% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1602.0 1373.03311258 117% => OK
No of words: 302.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.30463576159 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1687104957 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68048351726 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.546357615894 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 479.7 419.366225166 114% => 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: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.4786872827 49.2860985944 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 100.125 110.228320801 91% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.875 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.6875 7.06452816374 95% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.379228007357 0.272083759551 139% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.133066463567 0.0996497079465 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0951594325486 0.0662205650399 144% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.216736085929 0.162205337803 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.048254080649 0.0443174109184 109% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 13.3589403974 97% => OK
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: 13.46 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.45 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 63.6247240618 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => 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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