Sea otters
The reading and the lecture are both about the decline in the sea otters’ population along the western coast of North America. The author of the reading believes that the main reason why sea otters have disappeared is the pollution seas. The lecturer casts doubt on the claim in the passage. She uses the following evidence to indicate that it is quite possible that the main reason for the decline in their population comes from hunting by their natural predators, orcas.
First of all, the professor posits that the theory around the pollution issues is weak because no dead otters have been found along the Alaska coast. On one hand, the evidence concerning that nobody can find a dead otter weakened the argument of the author, on the other hand this evidence strengthens the hunting theory of the lecturer.
Furthermore, the disappearance of otters can be contributed to the change in eating patterns of the natural predator, the orcas. The whales acted as the main source of food for those predators. However, the population of whales declined due to human activities, which influenced the eating pattern of orcas. They were forced to hunt on smaller animals, such as sea otters. However, the author of the reading passage contends that populations of other species who dwell in the area, such as seals and sea lions, have also been declining. Since pollution affects the entire ecosystem, no species can escape the detrimental effect of this pollution.
Additionally, the professor puts forth the idea that the absence of the decrease in number of sea otters in certain areas could be explained by the inaccessibility of those areas to orcas. They are quite large and cannot get in the shallow and rocky places, where the population of the sea otters did not decline. This counters the author’s point, according to which the uneven decline in populations is attributed to the environmental reasons. The ocean currents could create uneven distribution of pollutants along the coast.
All in all, the evidence provided by the lecturer challenges the idea of the author that the reduction in number of sea otters is directly related to the pollution of the sea.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 239, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...have disappeared is the pollution seas. The lecturer casts doubt on the claim in th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, furthermore, however, so, then, well, as to, such as, first of all, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 55.0 30.3222958057 181% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 5.01324503311 359% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1812.0 1373.03311258 132% => OK
No of words: 362.0 270.72406181 134% => OK
Chars per words: 5.00552486188 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.36191444098 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64987258762 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488950276243 0.540411800872 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 567.9 419.366225166 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.3515522648 49.2860985944 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 106.588235294 110.228320801 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.2941176471 21.698381199 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.05882352941 7.06452816374 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.356871358893 0.272083759551 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117515927473 0.0996497079465 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.123721638675 0.0662205650399 187% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.229269917053 0.162205337803 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0839745994314 0.0443174109184 189% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.3589403974 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.78 12.2367328918 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.43 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 86.0 63.6247240618 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => 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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