The main topic of both the reading and the lecture is about the cloud seeding method which is used to decrease hail damage. The reading passage claims that this procedure is impressive in protecting crops from hail. The lecturer, on the other hand, not only categorically casts doubt on every single point raised by the author of the passage through citing three counter-arguments but also believes that none of the mentioned explanations is convincing and clear enough.
To begin with, the author establishes that due to the conducted experiments in the Laboratory, the obtained results showed that by adding silver iodide to cold water vapor, light snow forming was observed rather than hail pallets. In contrast, the lecturer rebuts this idea, stating that it is true that this phenomenon creates light snow instead of hail; however, if that material is added to any precipitation such as snow and rain, it prevents all of them from forming rain in the cloud. This really increases the risk of drought and crops will be damaged as a result of the lack of water.
Furthermore, the reading passage brings up this notion that the cloud seeding method was exerted to control precipitation in urban areas of several countries in Asia regions and the obtained results were successful. Consequently, this method can be successfully used in the United States as well. Conversely, the lecturer specifies that those results may not be repeated in the United States owing to the fact that the high-level of air pollution is different in each city. The air pollution creates a favorable condition for cloud seeding, therefore, the results of polluted and unpolluted cities are not identical.
Eventually, the reading goes on to mention that due to the obtained results from local investigations, the hail damage was reduced in a region that exerted the cloud seeding method in comparison to previous years. Notwithstanding, this reduced hail damage was also observed in other areas which means that this has really happened due to natural variations not for using the cloud seeding procedure.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 217, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...pressive in protecting crops from hail. The lecturer, on the other hand, not only c...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, conversely, furthermore, however, if, may, really, so, therefore, well, in contrast, such as, as a result, it is true, to begin with, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 30.3222958057 152% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1752.0 1373.03311258 128% => OK
No of words: 341.0 270.72406181 126% => OK
Chars per words: 5.13782991202 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.29722995808 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.79054101096 2.5805825403 108% => OK
Unique words: 180.0 145.348785872 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.527859237537 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 531.0 419.366225166 127% => 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: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 28.0 21.2450331126 132% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 61.057975637 49.2860985944 124% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.0 110.228320801 132% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.4166666667 21.698381199 131% => OK
Discourse Markers: 14.6666666667 7.06452816374 208% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.27373068433 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.162402524646 0.272083759551 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0642817840482 0.0996497079465 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0435164205532 0.0662205650399 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.101299934258 0.162205337803 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0353779064484 0.0443174109184 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.0 13.3589403974 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.06 53.8541721854 80% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 11.0289183223 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.83 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.15 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 63.6247240618 140% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 10.498013245 126% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => 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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