TPO 43- Agnostids were a group of marine animals that became extinct about 450 million years ago. Agnostid fossils can be found in rocks in many areas around the world. From the fossil remains, we know that agnostids were primitive arthropods-relatives of modern-day insects. However, the fossil information does not allow paleontologists to determine with certainty what agnostids ate or how they behaved. There are several different theories about how agnostids may have lived.
The reading and lecture are both about agnostic fossils that became extinct 450 million years ago. The author of the reading believes that there are three theories to support how the Agnostid lived and behave on their lifetime. However, the lecturer casts doubts about the claims made in the article, saying that each theories have serious weaknesses.
First of all, the author points out that they are free swimming predators that prey on smaller species. The article notes that Agnostid were known as strong swimmers and active predators. Conversely, the point is challenged by the lecturer. She says that other type of species swam on open ocean and they have large well developed eyes which can track prey effectively. Furthermore, she argues that Agnostid has tiny developed eyes and they don't have other sensory organ that can track prey. Hence, there are no evidence in the fossil to suggest that Agnostid are free swimming predators.
Secondly, the author contends that they lived on the seafloor. The article establishes that they can survive by foraging dead species and eating on bacteria. On the contrary, the lecturer rebuts this argument. She suggests that seafloor dweller don't move fast and far. Moreover, she elaborates on this by mentioning that sea floor dweller move a slow pace in seafloor, they occupy small geographic area and they are localized there. On the other hand, Agnostid were living in multiple geographic area and tends to move fast.
Finally, the theory suggest that they were parasites which is living and feeding on larger organisms. The lecturer, on the other hand, posits that the population of the parasites were not large enough and they stay a certain limit due to they cannot exceed the number of parasites in one host. She puts forth the idea that Agnostids population are massive to rule out they are parasites.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, well, first of all, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 22.412803532 161% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1558.0 1373.03311258 113% => OK
No of words: 308.0 270.72406181 114% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05844155844 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18926351222 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37265476613 2.5805825403 92% => OK
Unique words: 165.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535714285714 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 476.1 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.8344961052 49.2860985944 73% => OK
Chars per sentence: 86.5555555556 110.228320801 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1111111111 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.44444444444 7.06452816374 120% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 4.33554083885 208% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.392133142109 0.272083759551 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.117893363226 0.0996497079465 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0667065564929 0.0662205650399 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.22323086479 0.162205337803 138% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0547295383949 0.0443174109184 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 13.3589403974 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.77 12.2367328918 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.22 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.0 10.7273730684 56% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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