Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading passage.Reading:Pterosaurs were an ancient group of winged reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs. Many pterosaurs were ver

The lecture and the reading passage both discuss about weather Pterosaurs are capable of flying. While in the reading passage the author provides three aspects to deny their ability to fly, the listening part refutes this by giving three opposite arguments.

First of all, the reading passage claims that Pterosaurs were cold-blooded reptiles since also modern reptiles are cold-blooded. According to this conclusion they can’t generate enough energy to be able to fly. However, the lecture argues that by saying that, a recent research shows that Pterosaurs might have the ability to fly because they have been covered with dense hair, which is characteristic of worm-blooded animals.

Second, the author makes the argument that a giant animal like Pterosaurs is unlikely to be able to fly and this is because only light animals are able to fly, so flying ability is limited to the weight. On the other hand, the lecture counts this point by saying that, anatomic features of Pterosaurs are in favor of powder flying. According to the lecture, them bones are not dense but hollow and light which make them airborne.

Third, the reading passage argues that Pterosaurs’ leg muscle might not be strung enough to power them into the air. Yet, the lecture points out that P uses its four limb to jump instead of two legs. Thus, P may be able to launch themselves into air.

Votes
Average: 7 (1 vote)
Essay Categories

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 266, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[3]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'recent research'.
Suggestion: recent research
...the lecture argues that by saying that, a recent research shows that Pterosaurs might have the ab...
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Line 5, column 431, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...low and light which make them airborne. Third, the reading passage argues that P...
^^^^^
Line 7, column 257, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... be able to launch themselves into air.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, may, second, so, third, thus, while, first of all, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 5.01324503311 20% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1159.0 1373.03311258 84% => OK
No of words: 231.0 270.72406181 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01731601732 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.89854898053 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52739715157 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 131.0 145.348785872 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.5670995671 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 352.8 419.366225166 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => 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: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.6629494033 49.2860985944 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.363636364 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 21.698381199 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.63636363636 7.06452816374 122% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => 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: 0.163367220095 0.272083759551 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0618842801332 0.0996497079465 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0370555249232 0.0662205650399 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0957479966076 0.162205337803 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0283366117006 0.0443174109184 64% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.82 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 46.0 63.6247240618 72% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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