summarize the points made in the lecture about save all species that may become extinct, being sure to
explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading about safeguarding of endangered species .
The article states that the safeguarding of endangered species poses many drawbacks and provides three reasons of support. However, the lecture claims that extinction should be prevented whenever possible and refutes each of the author’s reasons.
First, the article argues that the extinction of a species will not lead to ecological disaster. The professor opposes this point by discussing the author’s example of the dinosaur. He states that the dinosaur’s extinction led to a shift of organisms that dominated the Earth. He then explains that since we currently dominate the Earth, we should save endangered species to preserve the current ecosystem that supports us.
Second, the reading claims that medicine no longer depends on nature for inspiration because of genetic engineering. The professor refutes this point by saying that 40% of prescription drugs are composed of natural material from plants. Only a small percentage of plants have been studied for their medical applications and everyday one hundred species become extinct, so each extinction represents a lost opportunity for medical research.
Third, the article posits that the huge cost of saving endangered species is not justified. The professor opposes this point by talking about the fresh water mussel. 43% of these organisms are or will become extinct, and those that are still prevalent support an industry that creates 10,000 jobs and adds 700 million dollars to the U.S. economy. According to the professor, these species along with many others deserve to be saved if only for economic reasons.
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...e current ecosystem that supports us. Second, the reading claims that medicine...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, second, so, still, then, third, talking about
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1362.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 247.0 270.72406181 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.51417004049 5.08290768461 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96437052324 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79278286289 2.5805825403 108% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.599190283401 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 407.7 419.366225166 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.2264021479 49.2860985944 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.769230769 110.228320801 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.0 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.0 7.06452816374 71% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.233958489154 0.272083759551 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0779838702688 0.0996497079465 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0345404414984 0.0662205650399 52% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.136513243371 0.162205337803 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0331198053842 0.0443174109184 75% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 13.3589403974 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 53.8541721854 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.68 12.2367328918 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.12 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 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.