the sea otter populations off the Alaskan coast rapidly declining
The reading passage states that the sea otter populations off the Alaskan coast rapidly declining because of pollution, However, the professor in the lecture casts doubt on the points made in the lecture.
First, considering the article, environmental pollution such as oil and industrial chemical sewage seemed the more likely cause of decline in the population of sea otter. In contrast, the professor in the lecture contradicts the idea and further explains that predator effects are a more reliable cause for declining because researchers didn't find any sea otter' s body and this point represented that maybe predators kill them and consume of their body.
Second, the reading claims that other sea mammals on the coast also declining and environmental pollution affects the entire ecosystem. Admittedly, the professor justifies the information presented in the reading and makes the point that maybe orca hunts other mammals as consequent of declining sea otter.
Third, the author in the reading passage puts forward the idea that pollution hypothesis could explain the uneven pattern of otter decline. In the same way, the speaker validates the idea and adds that this event happened because of the different distribution of orca all around the coast.
To sum up, the writer and speaker both hold a conflicting view about the declining population of an otter. It's clear that they will have trouble finding common ground on this issue.
- tpo13 3
- The extended family grandparents cousins aunts and uncles is less important now than it was in the past 35
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject 83
- Q1 3
- dinosaurs are endotherms 90
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 338, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: didn't
...cause for declining because researchers didnt find any sea otter s body and this poin...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, may, second, so, third, in contrast, such as, to sum up, in the same way
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 1.0 10.4613686534 10% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 22.412803532 67% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1229.0 1373.03311258 90% => OK
No of words: 231.0 270.72406181 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.32034632035 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.89854898053 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.65171215807 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 130.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.562770562771 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 373.5 419.366225166 89% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0662251656 69% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 21.2450331126 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.2786278317 49.2860985944 114% => OK
Chars per sentence: 136.555555556 110.228320801 124% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.6666666667 21.698381199 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.4444444444 7.06452816374 162% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.401976938356 0.272083759551 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.154176972369 0.0996497079465 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.134696948402 0.0662205650399 203% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.216003520312 0.162205337803 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.144561091789 0.0443174109184 326% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.5 13.3589403974 124% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 53.8541721854 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 11.0289183223 118% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.87 12.2367328918 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.77 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 57.0 63.6247240618 90% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.5 10.7273730684 172% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.498013245 114% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 71.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.5 Out of 30
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