The reading passage proposes that humpback whales use stars for navigation and migration. It provides three main reasons to back up the fact. However, the professor in the lecture casts doubt about this hypothesis and does not validate the reasons and information by mentioning three persuasive reasons which contradict them in this framework.
First off, the passage asserts that humpback whales are so intelligent and using stars for navigating by. Conversely, the professor refutes the point by underlining the fact that there is no connection between the intelligence and using stars for navigation because some birds with average intelligence like ducks use stars for navigation, too. So, the connection between navigation by stars and the brainpower of whales is questionable.
Furthermore, the reading states migration of whale in straight lines by following of star's positions. On the other hand, the lecturer says that this point is not to be taken seriously. He mentions that whales use their biomagnetic sense for finding their ways. This sense oriented them by using the earth magnetic field.
Finally, the author holds the view that by spy-hopping, the whales look at the stars for providing information to navigate by. On Contrary, the professor mentions that this reason is highly questionable by providing the fact that other animals, also, use this behavior. For instance, sharks use this behavior for hunting but they do not migrate and do not need this behavior for finding their way. Besides, whales do this behavior during the day which stars are not visible.
- TPO-34 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Educating children is a more difficult task today than it was in the past because they spend so much time on cell phone, online games, and social networking Web site.U 78
- TPO18 78
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- TPO-43 - Independent Writing Task Imagine that you are in a classroom or a meeting. The teacher or the meeting leader says something incorrect In your opinion, which of the following is the best thing to do?-Interrupt and correct the mistake right away-Wa 70
- TPO18(independent)Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students are more influenced by their teachers than by their friends. 70
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, however, look, so, for instance, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 5.01324503311 259% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1338.0 1373.03311258 97% => OK
No of words: 252.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.30952380952 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98428260373 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.73913023917 2.5805825403 106% => OK
Unique words: 132.0 145.348785872 91% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.52380952381 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 398.7 419.366225166 95% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 50.9277198887 49.2860985944 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.5714285714 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.0 21.698381199 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.92857142857 7.06452816374 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.410411911808 0.272083759551 151% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.154460709553 0.0996497079465 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0820681906806 0.0662205650399 124% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.25148632199 0.162205337803 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0555801939455 0.0443174109184 125% => OK
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: 13.22 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => 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: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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