The article and the lecture are both about theories of dinosaur extinction. Whereas the author of the reading states three theories which explains the dinosaur extinction, the lecturer suggests that there is no clear evidence about the theories mentioned in the article. The lecturer casts doubt on the main points made in the reading by providing three reasons.
According to the reading, asteroid theory explains the extinction. The article mentions that the presence of iridium in earth surface is due to collision with meteorites which has large quantities of iridium. This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He claims that earth core is rich in iridium. Additionally, he points out that earth core magma contains iridium which is leaked due to volcanic eruption.
Secondly, the author suggests other theory about extinction of dinosaur which is known as ice age theory. The article notes that glacial period affected dinosaurs. He also states that dinosaurs does not have thermoregulatory systems to survive in extreme weather conditions. The lecturer rebuts this argument. He suggests that there is no evidence of glacial and ice age periods at the time of dinosaurs. She elaborates on this by mentioning that there is evidence of tropical species and the sea levels are high which results in melting of ice caps.
Finally, the author posits that bird evolution theory is another reason for dinosaur extinction. He contends that dinosaurs may be evolved as modern birds. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that birds have different abilities when compared with dinosaurs. He puts forth the idea that dinosaurs have limited moving abilities. Consequently, there is no logical explanation of evolution of modern birds from dinosaurs.
- Extinction of dinosaurs 78
- Extinction of dinosaurs 78
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- benefits of going green 73
- TOEFL integrated writing Altruism
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, finally, if, may, second, secondly, so, whereas, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 30.3222958057 115% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 5.01324503311 299% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1488.0 1373.03311258 108% => OK
No of words: 278.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.35251798561 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08329915638 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72702679128 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 143.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514388489209 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 458.1 419.366225166 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.0886122387 49.2860985944 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.3157894737 110.228320801 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.6315789474 21.698381199 67% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.78947368421 7.06452816374 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => 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: 0.191377317278 0.272083759551 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0570512784352 0.0996497079465 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0828902446194 0.0662205650399 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.10595911732 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0642750855341 0.0443174109184 145% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.27 53.8541721854 106% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.8 11.0289183223 80% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.16 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.59 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 63.6247240618 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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Note: 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.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, finally, if, may, second, secondly, so, whereas, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 18.0 12.0772626932 149% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 35.0 30.3222958057 115% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 5.01324503311 299% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1488.0 1373.03311258 108% => OK
No of words: 278.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.35251798561 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08329915638 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72702679128 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 143.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514388489209 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 458.1 419.366225166 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.0886122387 49.2860985944 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.3157894737 110.228320801 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.6315789474 21.698381199 67% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.78947368421 7.06452816374 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => 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: 0.191377317278 0.272083759551 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0570512784352 0.0996497079465 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0828902446194 0.0662205650399 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.10595911732 0.162205337803 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0642750855341 0.0443174109184 145% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.27 53.8541721854 106% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.8 11.0289183223 80% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.16 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.59 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 63.6247240618 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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Note: 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.