The article states that cane toads were introduced to Australia to protect farmers crops by eating harmful insects. However, the enormous increase in their numbers caused them to threaten small native animals, and this problem had to be faced. Three reasons of support were provided. But, the professor justifies that it is an uneasy process leading to unwanted environmental damage, and refutes each of the author's reasons.
First, the reading claims that building a fence is a proposed solution, especially that this method was used before. The professor, however, refutes this point by indicating that young cane toads and eggs are not inhibited to cross from side to side by a fence due to the fact that they are present in rivers and streams, which carry eggs and baby toads to the other side. Only small number is enough to show that constructing a fence is an unreliable solution.
Second, the article posits that another solution would be capturing and destroying cane toads by volunteers. However, the professor opposed this measure by indicating that untrained young volunteers are capable of destroying Australian native frogs as well. It is very hard to differentiate between the two types of frogs, because of that destroying can toads was an inconvenient option.
Finally, the reading states that the reproduction and maturing of cane toads can be stopped by a disease-causing virus which is very selective for them. The professor refutes this point by saying that this has dreadful consequences on America's native toads. Australian cane toads are transported to America by various ways, like by the help of researchers and pet collectors. Therefor, the virus may be spread so that it would attack America's cane toads as well, which are a chief part in their ecosystem. Because of that, all the ecosystem will suffer drastically. As a result, with the reasoning, the reading passage's final proposed measure is refuted.
- TPO 33:Agree/Disagree:When teachers assign projects on which students must work together, students will learn much more effectively than ask them to do alone. 80
- TPO-20 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Successful people try new things and take risks rather than only doing what they know how to do well. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 70
- TPO-42 - Independent Writing Task Workers are more satisfied when they have many different types of tasks to do during the workday than when they do similar tasks all day long.Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 70
- TPO-15 - Integrated Writing Task The cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America. It was deliberately introduced to Australia in 1935 with the expectation that it would protect farmers' crops by eating harmful insec 85
- TPO-48 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Because modern life is very complex, it is essential for young people to have the ability to plan and organize. 76
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, well, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 10.4613686534 191% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1633.0 1373.03311258 119% => OK
No of words: 315.0 270.72406181 116% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18412698413 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.21286593061 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74464594815 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.546031746032 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 496.8 419.366225166 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.7040411233 49.2860985944 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.0625 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6875 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.25 7.06452816374 60% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.450606367236 0.272083759551 166% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130761106368 0.0996497079465 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.104797971406 0.0662205650399 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.25924413631 0.162205337803 160% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.056420287763 0.0443174109184 127% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.3589403974 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.76 12.2367328918 104% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.84 8.42419426049 105% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => 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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