TPO 55 Integrated 22
The reading and the lecture are both about box-shaped devices used for fighting desertification. The author of the article states that some scientists believe that using these devices cannot be successful and provides three reasons to support this claim. In contrast, the lecturer believes that the reasons mentioned in the article are not very convincing and presents some counterarguments to cast doubt on the points mentioned in the passage.
To begin with, the author mentions that the cost of each device is 25 dollars, which is too expensive considering the fact that millions of trees should be equipped with such devices in order to have an impact. However, the lecturer points out that when trees grow bigger, they don't need those boxes. In addition, the boxes can be reused 20 times or more, which means that the costs will be completely reasonable.
Secondly, the author posits the locals work for long days in harsh conditions, so it might be hard to motivate them to look after trees, which bring no source of food for them. The speaker, however, refers that there might be some rewards in looking after trees for farmers. She notes that those boxes gather water, and farmers can use that water to use for other plants such as vegetables. In addition, when the trees grow, they can use their branches as firewood.
Finally, the reading mentions that each box provides only enough water to keep small trees alive. So, when the trees outgrow those devices, they will have to survive in harsh environments without the help of those boxes, which can be a difficult task. This specific point is challenged by the lecturer. She points out that trees can survive harsh conditions when they outgrow the boxes since they have long roots underground. When their roots reach water sources beneath the surface, they can supply their need without the help of boxes. Furthermore, she mentions that in a study done in the Sahara desert, scientists found out that around 90 percent of the trees that had outgrown those boxes were still thriving.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 505, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: for
...ccess for vegetables and more fire wood for for the life setting. Hense, motivating the...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 60, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'devises'' or 'devise's'?
Suggestion: devises'; devise's
... and listening materials talk about the devises capability to conserve water. In this r...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, conversely, first, however, if, may, second, so, still, therefore, third, as a result, 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: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 22.412803532 152% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 50.0 30.3222958057 165% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2008.0 1373.03311258 146% => OK
No of words: 414.0 270.72406181 153% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.85024154589 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51076378781 4.04702891845 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.53515044807 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 213.0 145.348785872 147% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514492753623 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 620.1 419.366225166 148% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.8383012302 49.2860985944 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.117647059 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.3529411765 21.698381199 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.23529411765 7.06452816374 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.433560508416 0.272083759551 159% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130482762533 0.0996497079465 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.085336048026 0.0662205650399 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.263056760676 0.162205337803 162% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0300960745978 0.0443174109184 68% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.3589403974 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.15 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.37 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 63.6247240618 146% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
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.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 505, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: for
...ccess for vegetables and more fire wood for for the life setting. Hense, motivating the...
^^^^^^^
Line 7, column 60, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'devises'' or 'devise's'?
Suggestion: devises'; devise's
... and listening materials talk about the devises capability to conserve water. In this r...
^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, conversely, first, however, if, may, second, so, still, therefore, third, as a result, 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: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 22.412803532 152% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 50.0 30.3222958057 165% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2008.0 1373.03311258 146% => OK
No of words: 414.0 270.72406181 153% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.85024154589 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51076378781 4.04702891845 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.53515044807 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 213.0 145.348785872 147% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514492753623 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 620.1 419.366225166 148% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.8383012302 49.2860985944 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.117647059 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.3529411765 21.698381199 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.23529411765 7.06452816374 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.433560508416 0.272083759551 159% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.130482762533 0.0996497079465 131% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.085336048026 0.0662205650399 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.263056760676 0.162205337803 162% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0300960745978 0.0443174109184 68% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 13.3589403974 102% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.15 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.37 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 63.6247240618 146% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
---------------------
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.