TPO-23 - Integrated Writing Task Populations of the yellow cedar, a species of tree that is common in northwestern North America, have been steadily declining for more than a century now, since about 1880. Scientists have advanced several hypotheses expla

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TPO-23 - Integrated Writing Task Populations of the yellow cedar, a species of tree that is common in northwestern North America, have been steadily declining for more than a century now, since about 1880. Scientists have advanced several hypotheses expla

The reading and the lecture are both about yellow cedar trees in northwestern North America. The author mentioned that three hypothesis to support that there are massive decline in population of yellow cedar tree. However, the lecturer casts doubts about the claims made in the article and refutes all the theories presented in the reading passage.

First of all, the author points out that the cause of the decline in yellow cedar was attack by insect parasites. The author believes that cedar trees are attacked by beetle, also, beetle larvae eat the wood. The point is challenged by the lecturer. He says that the condition of cedar tree was healthy and can repel insect infestation, so, the bark of the trees are saturated with powerful chemical, as a result, insects away getting near it. Furthermore, He argues that beetles only attack tree which is unhealthy.

Secondly, the author contends that brown bears eat on the bark of the yellow cedar. The article establishes that they love to claw at the bark of the cedar because it is mainly high in sugar, hence, the excessive eating of the trees is responsible for the decline of the trees. Nevertheless, the lecturer rebuts this argument. He suggests that the decline of yellow cedar tree is not to blamed to the brown bear. He elaborates on this by mentioning that the decline in number of cedar trees are seen in Main land and in some island in United States, but, brown bear doesn't reside in these areas.

Finally, the author states that climate change may be the cause. The article notes that changes in the climate affects fine root surface and it is sensitive from harsh environment. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that trees are dying even if the temperature is rapidly changing overtime. Moreover, He puts forth the idea that yellow cedar trees are still dying even if the temperature is constant.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 567, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...sland in United States, but, brown bear doesnt reside in these areas. Finally, the...
^^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, moreover, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, as a result, first of all, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 10.4613686534 172% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1559.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 321.0 270.72406181 119% => OK
Chars per words: 4.85669781931 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23278547379 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.41330698848 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 169.0 145.348785872 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.526479750779 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 482.4 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 14.0 8.23620309051 170% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.6593410991 49.2860985944 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 91.7058823529 110.228320801 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8823529412 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.52941176471 7.06452816374 135% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.434618769635 0.272083759551 160% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.144212260327 0.0996497079465 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0752502032097 0.0662205650399 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.251232766463 0.162205337803 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.042278117582 0.0443174109184 95% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.9 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.91 12.2367328918 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.97 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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