TPO 29
Both the author and the lecturer discuss whether the Edmontosaurus migrated during the winter to warmer places or not. While the author provides some arguments to support this migration, the lecturer disagrees with this claim, casting doubt on every single point the author mentioned.
First of all, the author states that Edmontosaurus fed on plants. Since there would have been no plants growing during the winter, they should migrate to temperate regions to survive. On the contrary, the lecture brings up the idea that the summer in these regions was much hotter than it is now, providing substantial growing plants. This means that even if the plants die during the winter, the nutrients of them will remain, providing the Edmontosaurus with enough food. Therefore, it is not necessary for them to migrate to find food.
Second, the author believes that many Edmontosaurus' skeletons have been unearthed from the same site, suggesting that they lived in herds. However, the lecturer possesses the view that living in a herd is not the reason for migration. In fact, animals live in herds for other purposes like protecting themselves from predators as well. For example, a type of elc which lives in herds does not migrate. Thus, living in herds cannot be considered as the reason for the migration of Edmontosaurus.
Finally, the author argues that Edmontosaurus were physically capable of migrating long distances, having a speed of 45 kilometers per hour. In opposition to this, the lecturer states that only adult Edmontosaurus can migrate such distances. As a result of this, Edmontosaurus which are not adults will slow down the herd from reaching more hospitable regions because adult Edmontosaurus know that juvenile Edmontosaurus cannot subsist on their own. To sum up, this can be easily inferred that Edmontosaurus could not be capable of migrating long distances.
- it is better for children to choose jobs that are similar to their parents' job than to choose jobs that are very different from their parents' job- TPO 26 66
- For success in a future job, the ability to relate well to people is more important than studying hard in school. 76
- Successful people try new things and take risks rather than only doing what they know how to do well. 90
- One of the best ways that parents can help their teenage children prepare for adult life is to encourage them to take a part-time job. 70
- TPO 28 71
Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, second, so, therefore, thus, well, while, for example, in fact, as a result, first of all, on the contrary, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 30.3222958057 135% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1588.0 1373.03311258 116% => OK
No of words: 303.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.24092409241 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17215713816 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.7822584738 2.5805825403 108% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.564356435644 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 479.7 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.8330522658 49.2860985944 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.25 110.228320801 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.9375 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.125 7.06452816374 129% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.315595614727 0.272083759551 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.113783802272 0.0996497079465 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0618858545848 0.0662205650399 93% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.182243189589 0.162205337803 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.053632243326 0.0443174109184 121% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.11 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.07 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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