The reading and the listening passages are both about cloud seeding which is a method used to reduce hail by using silver iodide. It is mentioned that Hail which is a piece of ice that forms and fall from clouds instead of snow or rain have been a problem for farmers in the United States. It destroys crops because of its force. While the reading provides several methods about the effectiveness of cloud seeding, the lecturer casts doubt on these methods.
The writer mentions that laboratory experiments support the idea of cloud seeding. Also, it is mentioned that when experimenters added silver iodide the observed light snow instead of hail pellets. The professor, on the other hand, contends that in real live silver iodide is a bad thing. It causes draught which might damage crops by lacking water.
In addition, the author of the reading states that cloud seeding is effective in some Asian countries. It is mentioned that it has been successful in urban areas. Therefore, it would be effective in the U.S. The lecturer, however, says it was effective because it was in urban areas. There is air pollution which interacts with clouds. Moreover, the farms in the U.S. is unpolluted so, it is not sure that cloud seeding is an effective way.
Finally, the article claims that local studies support cloud seeding. It also mentioned that a study revealed that when used cloud seeding the hail damaged was reduced. The lecturer rebuts this point by stating that this reduction is natural because it was in almost everywhere north, west, and south. This suggests that it was natural not because of the use of cloud seeding.
All in all, the listening passage debunks all three methods in the reading.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, however, moreover, so, therefore, while, in addition, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 10.4613686534 201% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1429.0 1373.03311258 104% => OK
No of words: 291.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 4.91065292096 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13022058845 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.42506036984 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 152.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.522336769759 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 430.2 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 3.25607064018 276% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.6547735951 49.2860985944 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 79.3888888889 110.228320801 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.1666666667 21.698381199 75% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.05555555556 7.06452816374 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 4.33554083885 254% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.203041475357 0.272083759551 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0638310075435 0.0996497079465 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.115477668527 0.0662205650399 174% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.100194883289 0.162205337803 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.110764043502 0.0443174109184 250% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 13.3589403974 73% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 63.7 53.8541721854 118% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.4 11.0289183223 76% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.9 12.2367328918 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.01 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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