TPO 31
Sinosauropteryx
Both the author and the lecturer discuss whether Sinosauropteryx was a feathered dinosaur or not. The passage claims that Sinosauropteryx did not have feathers. The professor, on the other hand, finds the assertion mentioned in the reading unconvincing and weak through citing three reasons.
First, both the author and the professor talk about decomposition. According to the passage, after the animal died and buried in volcanic ash, its skin may have decomposed into fibers, which is shown as lines in the fossil, and these lines were misinterpreted as evidence of feathers. The lecturer, nevertheless, rejects the author's view and illustrates the idea that other animal’s fossils that are buried in ash have not shown such decomposition. In other words, the animal was preserved in volcanic ash and decomposition did not occur after the animal died and was buried.
Second of all, both the reading and the lecture discuss existence of frill. The author argues that many dinosaurs had frill and the lines surrounding the skeleton are much more likely to be fossilized remains of frills than remains of feathers. However, the professor refutes this, saying that the feathers are made up of keratin while the frills do not have keratin in its structure. The fossils paleontologist found do not contain keratin, so the lines cannot show the remains of frills.
Eventually, the passage and the lecture address the subject of feather’s functions. The passage goes on to mention that the feathers were useless to help the animal to regulate its internal temperature or fly. In contrast, the professor points out that thermoregulation can be other application of feather. For example, peacock has colorful feathers that attract its mate. Recently, paleontologist have found that Sinosauropteryx had colorful feathers that could be used for display.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 390, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'fossils'' or 'fossil's'?
Suggestion: fossils'; fossil's
... not have keratin in its structure. The fossils paleontologist found do not contain ker...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, may, nevertheless, second, so, while, for example, in contrast, in other words, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1571.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 293.0 270.72406181 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.36177474403 5.08290768461 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13729897018 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03103571177 2.5805825403 117% => OK
Unique words: 154.0 145.348785872 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525597269625 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 477.9 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => 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: 41.7679602088 49.2860985944 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.1875 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3125 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0625 7.06452816374 100% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.391094101289 0.272083759551 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.115269647583 0.0996497079465 116% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102024835995 0.0662205650399 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.213290609201 0.162205337803 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0744574006623 0.0443174109184 168% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.0 13.3589403974 97% => 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: 13.81 12.2367328918 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.41 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => 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: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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Note: 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.