TPO31_1

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TPO31_1

Long ago, in 1996, a fossil skeleton of a kind of dinosaur called Sinosauropteryx was discovered in Liaoning, China. The bones in fossil had some fine lines. Both the passage and the speaker debate on whether these lines represent feathers or not. the author opposed the idea that these lines are evidence of feather. However, the lecturer finds all the reasons dubious and presents some evidence to refute them all.

First, the passage argues that fine lines doesn’t relate to a functional structure of a living dinosaur, and can be formed because of decomposition after it's death. Conversely, the speaker mentions that the fossils of other types of animals at the same site don't include these fine lines, thus, these lines are not the result of skin fibers.

second of all, the author holds the view that even if these lines are remains of a dinosaur, the place of the structure in body is not clear, and it is more acceptable to be remains of frills. on the contrary, the lecturer underlines the fact that there is a chemical difference in frills and feathers, which is a protein named Beta-keratin. the frills don't include it, and after analysis it is observed that the fossils include this protein, So it is more likely to be feather.

eventually, according to the reading, feathers have function in flight and thermoregulation. with due attention to the place of the fine lines in the fossils, mostly located near the tail and backbone, the writer believes these lines don't represent feathers. On the other hand, the professor asserts that feathers have other functions. she exemplifies, display function, in which some kind of birds use these feathers to attract mate. Moreover, the analysis of the fossils which were beautifully preserved by volcanic ash, suggests that the birds were colorful, and this supports the idea of display function.

all in all, the passage believes that these lines don't represent feathers. in the contrast, the lecturer rejects whatever mentioned in the reading through citing aforementioned reasons.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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... these lines represent feathers or not. the author opposed the idea that these line...
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...ore acceptable to be remains of frills. on the contrary, the lecturer underlines t...
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... which is a protein named Beta-keratin. the frills dont include it, and after analy...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
conversely, first, however, if, moreover, second, so, thus, kind of, on the contrary, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1717.0 1373.03311258 125% => OK
No of words: 337.0 270.72406181 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09495548961 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.28457229495 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72048086234 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 171.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.507418397626 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 532.8 419.366225166 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 15.0 8.23620309051 182% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
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: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 43.7673939718 49.2860985944 89% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.0 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.8235294118 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.05882352941 7.06452816374 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 13.0 4.19205298013 310% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => 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: 0.437852265492 0.272083759551 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.128585061492 0.0996497079465 129% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0693788049697 0.0662205650399 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.230428856895 0.162205337803 142% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0663342994667 0.0443174109184 150% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.24 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.7 8.42419426049 103% => OK
difficult_words: 88.0 63.6247240618 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => 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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