Based on the given materials, the reading as well as the lecturer discusses migration of an ancient animal called edmontosaur. The author states that these animals were capable of migration but the lecturer provide several reasons to argue this claim.
Initially, the writer mentions that since edmontosaur's diet was made of vegitation, during the winter they could not have found enough food to survive and as a result they had to migrate. However, the speaker suggests otherwise because the summer condition were so good that there were plenty of food around. The summers of that area were warm and the sun shone 24 hours per day providing a perfect condition for plants to grow and consequently during winters dead plants were abundant providing plentiful nutrients for the animal.
Second, the author conclude that since the fossils of the animal were found in a concentrated place, they had been living in herds. Based on todays animal that are livining in a herd and they migrate, the reading suggests that edmontosaurs migrated too. Yet again, the lecturer underscours that there are some animals that live among a herd but they do not migrate since living in a herd have other benefits too such as having more protection.
The last contention between the reading and listening passages is the animal's physical abbilities. The author of the reading suggest that edmontosaurs were capable of making long distance journeis. On the other hand, the speaker points out juveniles and their disability too walk as long as a grown one. She explains that the younger could have slowed the herd so much that it was impossible to make the journey. She also states that the younger animals could not have been left behind because they were depending on the grown mammels so consequently the adult animals should have stayed to keep them alive.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 272, Rule ID: TOO_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'to walk'?
Suggestion: to walk
...ints out juveniles and their disability too walk as long as a grown one. She explains th...
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Line 7, column 500, Rule ID: PROGRESSIVE_VERBS[1]
Message: This verb is normally not used in the progressive form. Try a simple form instead.
... not have been left behind because they were depending on the grown mammels so consequently th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, however, if, second, so, well, such as, as a result, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1541.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 307.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01954397394 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18585898806 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49160331683 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.527687296417 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 474.3 419.366225166 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.4972056893 49.2860985944 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.538461538 110.228320801 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.6153846154 21.698381199 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.23076923077 7.06452816374 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => 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: 0.329266926973 0.272083759551 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.116962189629 0.0996497079465 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0603184750708 0.0662205650399 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.199707223087 0.162205337803 123% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0426218183759 0.0443174109184 96% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.0 13.3589403974 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.17 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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