The passage addresses three kinds of damage that are caused by the forest fire in Yellowstone, as a result of the "let it burn" policy. However, the lecture casts doubt on them and argues that the policy is still practical and functional.
Firstly, the passage notes that the fire caused tremendous damage to the park's trees and other vegetation, as almost one-third of the land was scorched. Contrary to the passage, the lecturer states that although the fire destructed vegetation, it created a chance for new plants to grow, such as smaller plants that need to grow in open space and plants of which seeds need to meet high heat to grow. And as a result, the vegetation became more diverse.
Secondly, the passage claims that wildlife in the park was also affected as many of them did not make it escape the fire, causing the food chains to destructed, which made it impossible for animals to return to the old habitant. Again, the lecturer admits it while asserting that owing to the new vegetation, the structure of food chains also changed. For example, smaller animals such as rabbits and hares were able to grow, and so did their predators. The fire actually built a food chain that is stronger than before.
Lastly, the passage argues that the park's value in tourism was also damaged due to the tremendous fire. Nevertheless, the lecturer contends that the fire that happened in 1988 was an unusual one, instead of an annual one that will compromise the attraction of the park in a long term, and it only happened with the combination of strong wind and high heat, and it did not happen again until now.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, third, while, for example, such as, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1349.0 1373.03311258 98% => OK
No of words: 283.0 270.72406181 105% => OK
Chars per words: 4.7667844523 5.08290768461 94% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10153676581 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.47425026427 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 151.0 145.348785872 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.533568904594 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 412.2 419.366225166 98% => 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: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
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: 25.0 21.2450331126 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 73.6133521845 49.2860985944 149% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.636363636 110.228320801 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.7272727273 21.698381199 119% => OK
Discourse Markers: 13.0 7.06452816374 184% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
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: 0.0 0.272083759551 0% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0 0.0996497079465 0% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0662205650399 0% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0 0.162205337803 0% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0 0.0443174109184 0% => 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: 13.9 13.3589403974 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.56 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.68 12.2367328918 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.28 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 61.0 63.6247240618 96% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.498013245 114% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => 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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