TPO31 Integrated Writing Task
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
The lecture is mainly discussing that the lines in the Sinosauropteryx fossil represent feathers, challenging the opposing views mentioned in the reading passage.
Firstly, the reading points out the fine lines may be result of skin fibers’ decomposition but not feathers. In contrast, the professor thinks that it cannot be remains of skin fibers because we haven’t see any such decomposition in the fossils of other animals, which buried at the same site. Instead, she indicates that functional skin structures of other animals have been beautifully preserved in volcanic ash. Thus, the Sinosauropteryx’s feathers can also be preserved as lines in fossils.
Secondly, the reading passage argues that the fine lines are more likely to be fossilized remains of frills than remains of feathers. However, the professor holds an opposite opinion. She claims that the fine lines in Sinosauropteryx's fossil cannot be frills because they contain certain protein. In other words, examination of the fossil indicates the Sinosauropteryx structures did contain certain protein that can only be detected in feathers but not in the frills.
Finally, the reading believes that the lines do not represent feathers because they were located along the backbone and the tail of the animal, so they seemed useless. But the professor disagrees with it by pointing out that the lines can represent feathers because one of other birds also has feathers on its tail. In fact, the colorful feathers serves the function to attract mates. Since Sinosauropteryx's fine lines are also colorful, they can represent feathers that this dinosaur used for display.
| Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-16 | Hrushikesh_Vaddoriya | 3 | view |
| 2023-07-16 | Hrushikesh_Vaddoriya | 3 | view |
| 2023-04-16 | rsheth05 | 80 | view |
| 2023-04-09 | prakriti malla | 90 | view |
| 2022-11-07 | GRACE_047 | 73 | view |
- High school teachers (teachers of students ages 14-18) spend most of class time lecturing (speaking) while the students listen and take notes. Other high school teachers spend most of class time on discussion and projects that students are highly involved 86
- Do you agree or disagree with the statement Internet is as important as other service such as building roads that government should make Internet access to all the citizens at no cost 73
- 6.Most adults believe that modern children (5-10 years old) behave worse than those in the past. What action parents should take do you think will have the most positive effect on children to help them behave better like respecting and treating others kin 73
- Nowadays it is easier to maintain good health than in the past 3
- TPO 41 INDEPENDENT WRITTINGTeachers were more appreciated and valued by society in the past than they are nowadays. 70
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, may, second, secondly, so, thus, in contrast, in fact, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1402.0 1373.03311258 102% => OK
No of words: 257.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.45525291829 5.08290768461 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00390054096 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.06589107933 2.5805825403 119% => OK
Unique words: 136.0 145.348785872 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.529182879377 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 428.4 419.366225166 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.1891975241 49.2860985944 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.846153846 110.228320801 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7692307692 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.07692307692 7.06452816374 128% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.431926565628 0.272083759551 159% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.158725697004 0.0996497079465 159% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0702246419278 0.0662205650399 106% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.258647436236 0.162205337803 159% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0309097090049 0.0443174109184 70% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 13.3589403974 106% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 53.8541721854 81% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.39 12.2367328918 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.63 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.7273730684 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
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.