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The reading states that large numbers of dinosaur fossils have been discovered in deposits on Alaska's North Slope which was inhospitable for animals to live as the same as today. The Paleontologists have proposed that dinosaurs one of the dinosaurs have migrated to the warmer parts. However, in the lecture, the professor says that none of the reading's arguments are convincing. She refuses each of the reading's claim.
First of all, the reading asserts that the edmontosaurus's diet champions the migration theory. The edmontosaurus fed exclusively on plants. Thus, there would have been no plants growing during the cold in winter so they probably moved to other places for at least part of the year. In the lecture, the professor refutes this by saying that the summer temperature was higher one hundred million years ago than today. Thus, they were more vegetables than today. They even could have lived in winter during dark and cold days by these foods.
Second, the reading pushes forth the idea that the edmontosaurus skeletons indicates that they lived in herd. Also, many modern-day migratory animals like caribou and buffalo live in herd which would help them to coordinate their migration. On the contrary, the professor points put that there are other reasons for living in herd such as protection. She makes an example of an elk living in the western United States which live in herd and does not migrate.
Finally, the reading mentions that the edmontosaurus were physically capable of moving long distances in order to reach hospitable regions. The professor contradicts this claim by saying that juvenile edmontosaurus were not capable of migrating long distances as the same as the adult ones. Clearly, this would slow the herd and the matures one did not want to abandon them, thus they had to survive the winter.
- A person you know is planning to move to your town or city. What do you think this person would like and dislike about living in your town or city? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay. 70
- Essay topics: Populations of the yellow cedar, a species of tree that is common in northwestern North America, have been steadily declining for more than a century now, since about 1880. Scientists have advanced several hypotheses to explain this decline. 80
- Should your government place a tax on the junk food and fatty snacks? 70
- Some people suggest that it is wrong to give money to beggars asking for money on the street while others think that it is the right thing to do Which point of view do you think is correct and why 96
- Life today is easier and more comfortable than it was when your grandparents were children 95
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, second, so, thus, as to, at least, such as, first of all, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => 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: 1535.0 1373.03311258 112% => OK
No of words: 303.0 270.72406181 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06600660066 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17215713816 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60712703839 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.547854785479 0.540411800872 101% => OK
syllable_count: 472.5 419.366225166 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.116997792494 0% => 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: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.8090265856 49.2860985944 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.2941176471 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.8235294118 21.698381199 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.11764705882 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.27373068433 211% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.384223263949 0.272083759551 141% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.11358641029 0.0996497079465 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0754319461373 0.0662205650399 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.220121835361 0.162205337803 136% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0454242091104 0.0443174109184 102% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 13.3589403974 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.83 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.18 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => 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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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.