The reading passage contends that there are several reasons critics have opposed that a pattern of fine lines surrounding the skeletal bones of Sinosauropteryx is not feathers. On the other hand, the lecturer brings up several points that contradict this argument.
First of all, the lecturer questions the ideas in the reading passage that the fine lines might not even show functional structures of Sinosauropteryx, however rather structures that were shifted after their death. This is attributed to the fact that there are evidences that decomposed other animals’ skins have preserved clearly under volcanic ash at the same site with Sinosauropteryx. And it is functional structures of a living dinosaur. Thus, the reading passage’s first point is invalid.
Moreover, the lecturer casts doubt on the idea in the reading passage that scientist cannot contends with strong certainty what part of the dinosaur’s anatomy the structures were, even thought the lines are evidences of real structures of a Sinosauropteryx. This is because there are chemical differences between feather and fiber. While feathers have proton bedycharaton, fiber does not have it. Consequently, the reading passage’s second point is contradicted.
Last but not least, the lecturer disagrees with the idea in the reading passage that the lines in the Sinosauropterys fossil have located along the backbone and the tail of the animal. It is obvious that it would have different function. For example, pica birds have long feathers with their tail to attract mate. It can be used for displaying themselves. The lines have been used for displaying with colorful such as orange and white. As a result, the reading passage’s last point is refuted.
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Discourse Markers used:
['but', 'consequently', 'first', 'however', 'if', 'moreover', 'second', 'so', 'thus', 'while', 'for example', 'such as', 'as a result', 'first of all', 'on the other hand']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.272727272727 0.261695866417 104% => OK
Verbs: 0.153605015674 0.158904122519 97% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0846394984326 0.0723426182421 117% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0438871473354 0.0435111971325 101% => OK
Pronouns: 0.025078369906 0.0277247811725 90% => OK
Prepositions: 0.131661442006 0.128828473217 102% => OK
Participles: 0.0438871473354 0.0370669169778 118% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.10450023559 2.5805825403 120% => OK
Infinitives: 0.00626959247649 0.0208969081088 30% => Some infinitives wanted.
Particles: 0.00313479623824 0.00154638098197 203% => OK
Determiners: 0.109717868339 0.128158765124 86% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.012539184953 0.0158828679856 79% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00626959247649 0.0114777025283 55% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1746.0 1645.83664459 106% => OK
No of words: 272.0 271.125827815 100% => OK
Chars per words: 6.41911764706 6.08160592843 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06108636974 4.04852973271 100% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.371323529412 0.374372842146 99% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.319852941176 0.287516216867 111% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.209558823529 0.187439937562 112% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.150735294118 0.113142543107 133% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.10450023559 2.5805825403 120% => OK
Unique words: 143.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525735294118 0.539623497131 97% => OK
Word variations: 51.6279217434 53.8517498576 96% => OK
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0529801325 123% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.7502111507 78% => OK
Sentence length SD: 67.3229158608 49.3711431718 136% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.125 132.220823453 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.0 21.7502111507 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.9375 0.878197800319 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 3.39072847682 0% => OK
Readability: 48.9852941176 50.5018328374 97% => OK
Elegance: 2.01408450704 1.90840788429 106% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.722272918139 0.549887131256 131% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.107870901702 0.142949733639 75% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0765013935653 0.0787303798458 97% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.485552507709 0.631733273073 77% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.20198254486 0.139662658121 145% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.262629319032 0.266732575781 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.226111433113 0.103435571967 219% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.52269514883 0.414875509568 126% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0448463578475 0.0530846634433 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.575656689293 0.40443939384 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0304365981173 0.0528353158467 58% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.26048565121 188% => Less neutral sentences wanted.
Positive topic words: 1.0 3.49668874172 29% => More positive topic words wanted.
Negative topic words: 6.0 3.62251655629 166% => OK
Neutral topic words: 6.0 3.1766004415 189% => OK
Total topic words: 13.0 10.2958057395 126% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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Note: This is not the final score. The e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.