TPO43
The reading explains several different theories about how Agnostids, a group of marine animals that became extinct about 450 milion years ago, may have lived. However, the lecturer casts doubt on the all theories.
First, the author asserts that the agnostids may have been free-swimming predators that hunted smaller animals. Because agnostids were primitive arthropods, and there were other types of primitive arthropods which were strong swimmers and active predators. Also, there were smaller organisms in ancient occean for them to prey on. In contrast, the professor rebuts the idea, for agnostids did have tiny poorly eyes, and they could not track their preys. Also, they did not have any alternative organisms to help them find preys.
Furthermore, the reading mentions another possibility of the way of agnostids living. This possibility is based on some other types of primitive arthropods which they dwelled on the seafloor, and it is possible that the agnostids survived by scavenging dead organisms or by grazing on bacteria. On the contrary, the lecturer refutes this theory with mentioning the fact that agnostids were living in multiple areas, and they were spreading in a large geographic area. Hence, this issue shows that they moved fast, and they had ability to reach far distance; while , seafloor dwellers did not have these abilities, and it is unusual for them to move fast or far.
Finally, the reading passage brings up the idea that the agnostids may have been parasites, living on and feeding off larger organisms. Moreover, there are some modern-day arthropods that exist as parasites. Conversely, the professor contends that parasites typically live in small population while the agnostids had great size of population. In fact, if parasites are too many, their host organism may have been killed; therefore, this fact rules out the last theory too.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 22, Rule ID: NUMEROUS_DIFFERENT[1]
Message: Use simply 'several'.
Suggestion: several
The reading explains several different theories about how Agnostids, a group o...
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Line 3, column 214, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ther types of primitive arthropods which were strong swimmers and active predator...
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Line 5, column 564, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...had ability to reach far distance; while , seafloor dwellers did not have these ab...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, conversely, finally, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, moreover, so, therefore, well, while, in contrast, in fact, on the contrary
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 : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => 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: 1589.0 1373.03311258 116% => OK
No of words: 300.0 270.72406181 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.29666666667 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.16179145029 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59873302163 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 145.348785872 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.583333333333 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 486.9 419.366225166 116% => 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
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.51434878587 396% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.0680473161 49.2860985944 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.933333333 110.228320801 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.0 21.698381199 92% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.1333333333 7.06452816374 143% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.27373068433 187% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.618811595713 0.272083759551 227% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.185114237169 0.0996497079465 186% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0989377514966 0.0662205650399 149% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.330074112616 0.162205337803 203% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.111302101845 0.0443174109184 251% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.5 13.3589403974 101% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 53.8541721854 95% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.46 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.1 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 63.6247240618 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 Out of 30
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