The reading passage claims that Dinosaurs are endotherms, a type of an animal which keep their body temperature constant, by giving reasons. However, the professor in the audio challenges this claim by providing counter arguments to each of those reasons.
To begin with, the reading passage states that the discovery of dinosaur fossils in polar region means dinosaurs have been active in such cold climate and , it would be possible only for endotherms to be active in such cold climate. On the contrary, the professor says that mere presence of fossils doesn’t mean dinosaurs are active in these regions since they could might as well been hibernating or migrated to other region during cooler times.
Secondly, the author posits that the location of legs under the body which allows animals, sustained physical activities like running is a quality of endotherms, and since dinosaurs have such feature, they are endotherms. The professor refutes this by highlighting that this feature in dinosaurs hasn’t resulted in any physical activity but has only helped them in supporting more weight and grow large.
Finally, the article suggests that dinosaurs are endotherms because their bone fossils are dense with Haversian canals, a feature which assists in rapid growth of body in endotherms. The professor once again expresses serious doubts on this claim. He elaborates by saying that in addition to Haversian canals, dinosaur bones have growth rings which suggest a behaviour of alternate rapid growth and relatively lesser growth periods which is definitely not a quality of endotherms. For this reason, mere presence of Haversian canals can not ensure dinosaurs are endotherms.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 61, Rule ID: KIND_OF_A[1]
Message: Don't include 'an' after a classification term. Use simply 'type of'.
Suggestion: type of
...claims that Dinosaurs are endotherms, a type of an animal which keep their body temperatur...
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Line 3, column 155, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...ave been active in such cold climate and , it would be possible only for endotherm...
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Line 5, column 28, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...er times. Secondly, the author posits that the location of legs under the body...
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Line 7, column 432, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...wth and relatively lesser growth periods which is definitely not a quality of end...
^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, however, second, secondly, so, well, in addition, on the contrary, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => 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: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1437.0 1373.03311258 105% => OK
No of words: 266.0 270.72406181 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.4022556391 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03850299372 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68090505057 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 151.0 145.348785872 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.567669172932 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 446.4 419.366225166 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => 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: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 58.9080639641 49.2860985944 120% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.7 110.228320801 130% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.6 21.698381199 123% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.4 7.06452816374 133% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.27373068433 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0249939144139 0.272083759551 9% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0104782732116 0.0996497079465 11% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0213247559188 0.0662205650399 32% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0138114013485 0.162205337803 9% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0138690940033 0.0443174109184 31% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.3 13.3589403974 130% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 53.8541721854 68% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 11.0289183223 132% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.34 12.2367328918 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.14 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.2008830022 134% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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