The reading and lecture are both about a device, which is used for growing trees to stop desertification. The author of the article provides three reasons why this device will be unsuccessful. However, the lecturer disputes all the claims made in the passage.
First of all, the passage explains that in the process of growing many trees, the device cost will be expensive overall for some poor countries. In contrast, the professor points out that when young trees get bigger, the device will be removed and it can be used many times, thus reducing the overall cost.
Secondly, the author of the reading passage claims that to fight desertification, local people who are thriving during harsh conditions have to participate in the process and they are barely providing for their needs. So, it will be hard to convince them since there are no advantages. However, the professor contradicts that being part of the process will benefit local people. She goes on to say that they can use the device for other plants and when the tree is mature, they can use the branches for their daily needs like firewood.
Finally, the reading passage points out that the trees will not survive because of the device's poor water collection and poor precipitation, However, the professor claims that the trees will survive because by growing bigger, they will be old enough to grow long roots and gain moisture from soil underground. She supports this by taking an example of the Sahara Desert, which survived a harsh environment after the device was removed.
As you can see, the author and the reader hold very different views of this device.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
...tes all the claims made in the passage. First of all, the passage explains that ...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... times, thus reducing the overall cost. Secondly, the author of the reading pass...
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
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...es for their daily needs like firewood. Finally, the reading passage points out ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, thus, in contrast, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 5.04856512141 238% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1355.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 276.0 270.72406181 102% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90942028986 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.07593519647 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51880920495 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 150.0 145.348785872 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.54347826087 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 410.4 419.366225166 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 68.0258835542 49.2860985944 138% => OK
Chars per sentence: 112.916666667 110.228320801 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.0 21.698381199 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.83333333333 7.06452816374 97% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.414128220204 0.272083759551 152% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.142363942933 0.0996497079465 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0840916793347 0.0662205650399 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.216883112792 0.162205337803 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0939380528717 0.0443174109184 212% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.49 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.92 8.42419426049 94% => OK
difficult_words: 55.0 63.6247240618 86% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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