The reading and lecture both discuss the possible explanation of yellow cedar tree declining. While the reading provides three ideas to explain the decline of yellow cedar, the professor refutes, saying none of these claims are convincing.
Firstly, the reading avers that cedar bark beetle is the cause behind the decrease of yellow cedar population. On the other hand, the professor refutes this idea by saying that the healthy yellow cedar is more resistant to the insects. In addition, the bark leave of yellow cedar have toxic chemical which is poison to the insects. So, how come the dead cedar tree infected by beetles.
In addition, the article mentions that the brown bears eat the cedar tree bark. This is because these trees have a high amount of sugar content. As a result, the cedar population had been declined. However, the professor argues this notion by saying that bears can damage some trees, but they could not cause decline for the whole population. Moreover, the island and other places have yellow cedar but there is no bears on the island. However, the cedar also declined there. So, the yellow cedar declined with or without bears.
Lastly, the article states that the climate changes caused decline in cedar population. This is because the low temperature damaged the cedar roots. Nevertheless, the professor questions this idea by pointing out that they forgot one fact that the cedar trees also died at the lower elevation which is considered more warmer. Furthermore, the freezing weather could cause damage at cedar roots, but we should found more dead cedar at higher elevation. In fact, there is more cedar died at lower elevation. So. cedar is already sensitive.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 255, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...fessor argues this notion by saying that bears can damage some trees, but they co...
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Line 5, column 405, Rule ID: THERE_S_MANY[4]
Message: Did you mean 'there are no bears'?
Suggestion: there are no bears
... and other places have yellow cedar but there is no bears on the island. However, the cedar also ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, furthermore, however, lastly, moreover, nevertheless, so, while, as to, in addition, in fact, as a result, 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: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 5.01324503311 199% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1423.0 1373.03311258 104% => OK
No of words: 282.0 270.72406181 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.04609929078 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09790868904 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.34520519895 2.5805825403 91% => OK
Unique words: 144.0 145.348785872 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510638297872 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 438.3 419.366225166 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 14.0 8.23620309051 170% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 14.0 21.2450331126 66% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.4798591661 49.2860985944 80% => OK
Chars per sentence: 74.8947368421 110.228320801 68% => OK
Words per sentence: 14.8421052632 21.698381199 68% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.94736842105 7.06452816374 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.403416972608 0.272083759551 148% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.14957921817 0.0996497079465 150% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0364526463934 0.0662205650399 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.266634783754 0.162205337803 164% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0789143920744 0.0443174109184 178% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 13.3589403974 73% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.27 53.8541721854 106% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.8 11.0289183223 80% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.42 12.2367328918 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.58 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 58.0 63.6247240618 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 7.6 10.498013245 72% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 71.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.5 Out of 30
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