Endotherms are animals which can retain their body temperature regardless of their environment temperature. Although dinosaurs were conceived not to be Endotherms for a long period of time, the reading passage presents three reasons to prove that dinosaurs are Endotherms. However, the lecture challenges each point made in the passage by providing clarifying information.
First of all, the passage considers dinosaurs as endotherms since dinosaurs fossils have been found in Polar regions, where it is believed that only Endotherms could survive. However, the lecturer challenges this idea by explaining that polar regions were warmer during the time when dinosaurs lived there and dinosaurs could only live in polar regions during the warmer seasons of the year and migrate to warmer places or hibernate during the colder seasons.
Second, the passage states that dinosaur’s legs were beneath their bodies, the feature that all modern endotherms have in common, and considers this as an evidence to prove the hypothesis that dinosaurs are endotherms. On the contrary, the lecturer explains dinosaur’s legs position as a means to support their weight, which allowed them to grow to large sizes.
Third, according to the passage, the fossil bones found from dinosaurs have Haversian canals, which is a characteristic of endothermy and allows animals grow quickly. On the other hand, the lecturer accepts that many dinosaurs have this canal in their bones, but at the same time points out that there is evidence that dinosaurs have stopped growing or growing slowly during cold seasons which challenges the idea presented by the passage.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 175, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...nceived not to be Endotherms for a long period of time, the reading passage presents three rea...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, however, if, second, so, third, first of all, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1399.0 1373.03311258 102% => OK
No of words: 256.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.46484375 5.08290768461 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.75467631078 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 138.0 145.348785872 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.5390625 0.540411800872 100% => OK
syllable_count: 429.3 419.366225166 102% => 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
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0662251656 69% => 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: 28.0 21.2450331126 132% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 61.9745069054 49.2860985944 126% => OK
Chars per sentence: 155.444444444 110.228320801 141% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.4444444444 21.698381199 131% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.2222222222 7.06452816374 145% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 4.45695364238 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.437419748909 0.272083759551 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.189588542645 0.0996497079465 190% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0891539773292 0.0662205650399 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.266631542125 0.162205337803 164% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0206917417472 0.0443174109184 47% => 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: 18.5 13.3589403974 138% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 34.6 53.8541721854 64% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 11.0289183223 140% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.68 12.2367328918 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.4 8.42419426049 112% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 10.498013245 126% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.2008830022 134% => 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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