The article states that the dinosaurs were endotherms and provides three reasons to support the idea. However, the professor explains that information presented in the article does not prove that dinosaurs were endotherms and refutes each of the author’s reasons.
First, the reading claims that the presence of dinosaur fossil in the polar region indicates that dinosaurs were able to survive in very cold climates and so must have been endotherms. The professor refutes this point and says that when dinosaurs lived, the Polar Regions were warmer than today, so even animals that were not endotherms could have been survived there for at least some part of the year. Furthermore, polar dinosaurs could have migrated or hibernated during the months when the temperatures were the coldest.
Second, the article posits that dinosaurs’ legs were positioned underneath their bodies. Such leg positioning allows for running and similar physical activities typical of endotherms. However, the professor says that the positioning of dinosaurs’ legs underneath their bodies may have served a function unrelated to running and similar activities. The position of the leg underneath the body may have evolved to support the great body weight of the large size dinosaurs.
Third, the reading says that the dinosaurs’ bones contained Haversian canals, structures that allow for fast bone growth and again, are typical of endotherms. The professor opposes this point and says that despite containing Haversian canals, dinosaur bones had features one would expect to see in animals that are not endotherms. Mainly, dinosaur bones contained growth rings, which indicates periods of slow growth alternating with periods of fast, such an uneven pattern of growth is typical of animals that are not endotherms.
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Essay evaluation report
which indicates periods of slow growth alternating with periods of fast, such an uneven pattern of growth is typical of animals that are not endotherms.
Description: there should not a sentence after 'such as',
Attribute Value Ideal
Final score: 25 in 30
Category: Very Good Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 1 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 12 12
No. of Words: 279 250
No. of Characters: 1483 1200
No. of Different Words: 136 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.087 4.2
Average Word Length: 5.315 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.513 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 113 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 90 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 58 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 44 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 23.25 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.518 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.667 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.42 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.666 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.162 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
The article states that the dinosaurs we...
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Line 2, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...tes each of the author's reasons. First, the reading claims that t...
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Line 4, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...hen the temperatures were the coldest. Second, the article posits that d...
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Line 6, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...dy weight of the large size dinosaurs. Third, the reading says that th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, furthermore, however, may, second, so, third, at least
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 18.0 22.412803532 80% => OK
Preposition: 28.0 30.3222958057 92% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1546.0 1373.03311258 113% => OK
No of words: 279.0 270.72406181 103% => OK
Chars per words: 5.54121863799 5.08290768461 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.08696624509 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77968023648 2.5805825403 108% => OK
Unique words: 140.0 145.348785872 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.501792114695 0.540411800872 93% => OK
syllable_count: 468.0 419.366225166 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.6621411416 49.2860985944 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.833333333 110.228320801 117% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.25 21.698381199 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.08333333333 7.06452816374 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 4.45695364238 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.494585159076 0.272083759551 182% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.194237850148 0.0996497079465 195% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0373035510605 0.0662205650399 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.274909221516 0.162205337803 169% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0382571895136 0.0443174109184 86% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 13.3589403974 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 53.8541721854 74% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.15 12.2367328918 124% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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