TPO 29
Large numbers of dinosaur fossils have been discovered in deposits on Alaska's North Slope, a region that today experiences an extremely cold,arctic climate. One hundred million years ago, when those dinosaurs were alive, the environment of the North Slope was already inhospitable,especially during the winter when it experienced several months of total darkness. How did the dinosaurs survive the wintertime? Paleontologists have proposed that one of the most common North Slope dinosaurs, the elephant-sized edmontosaur (Edmontosaurus), survived the winter by migrating south to more hospitable regions. Several arguments support the migration hypothesis.
First, the edmontosaur's diet supports the migration hypothesis.Edmontosaurs fed exclusively on plants. Since there would have been no plants growing during the cold and dark North Slope winter, it appears that the edmontosaur must have left for at least part of the year and migrated to more temperate zones to find food.
Second, many edmontosaur skeletons have been unearthed from the same site. This suggests that edmontosaurs lived in herd. Many modern-day migratory animals, such as caribou and buffalo, live and migrate in herds as well. Moving in herds helps animals coordinate their migration.The finding that edmonotsaurs lived in herds further supports the migration hypothesis.
Finally, edmonosaurs were physically capable of migrating long distances. To reach more hospitable regions, the edmontosaur had to migrate about 1,600 kilometers southward. To make such a journey, the edmontosaur needed to move at about five kilometers per hour for several weeks, which is certainly could do. These animals could run very fast, reaching speeds up to 45 kilometers per hour. It could have easily used its locomotive power to move to warmer climate during the harsh arctic winters.
both the author and the lecturer discuss whether edmontosaurs migrated south during the winter or not. The passage claims that there are several arguments support the migration hypothesis. The professor, on the other hand, completely rejects whatever mentioned in the reading through citing three reasons.
First both the author and the professor talk about edmontosaurs’ diet. According to the passage since there would have been no plants growing during the cold and dark north slope winter, it appears that the edmontosaurs must have left for at least part of the year and migrated to more temperate zones to find food. The lecturer, nevertheless, rejects author's view and illustrates the idea that one hundred million years ago north slope not only was warmer, but also its daylight was more extensive than today. Therefore, animals could got a lot of nutrition.
Second of all, both the reading and the lecture discuss being in herds. The author argues that edmontosaurs lived in herds further supports the migration hypothesis. However, the professor refutes this, saying that being in herds does not mean animal's migration. animals live in herds for protecting themselves from predator danger and being in the same area. For example, specific type of elks live in western forest are in herds but they do not migrate.
Eventually, both the passage and the lecture address the subject of edmontosaurs' anatomy. The passage goes on to mention that these animals could run very fast, reaching speeds up to 45 kilometers. it could have easily used its locomotive power to move to warmer climate during the harsh arctic winter. In contrast, the professor points out that juveniles were slow so much and they lagged far behind from herds and they could not survive on their own.
All in all, the author maintains that edmontosaurs migrated every winter for survival, while the professor not only cast doubt on, but he also demonstrates the these arguments are very unconvincing.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: Both
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Suggestion: get
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Suggestion: Animals
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, nevertheless, second, so, therefore, while, at least, for example, in contrast, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 14.0 7.30242825607 192% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1681.0 1373.03311258 122% => OK
No of words: 322.0 270.72406181 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.22049689441 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23607819155 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61751135395 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 186.0 145.348785872 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.577639751553 0.540411800872 107% => OK
syllable_count: 501.3 419.366225166 120% => 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: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
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: 49.9918332431 49.2860985944 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.8823529412 110.228320801 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.9411764706 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.52941176471 7.06452816374 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.45741430151 0.272083759551 168% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.133807342205 0.0996497079465 134% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.111413739314 0.0662205650399 168% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.229453901635 0.162205337803 141% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0905277790761 0.0443174109184 204% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
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: 13.0 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.91 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 63.6247240618 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => 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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