In this set of materials, the reading and the listening are both discussion Humpback Whales wherein the reading states that whales migrate long distances and they may be navigating by the stars, and it provides three possible theories of support. However, the professor notes that there are still many issues with Humpback Whales. Moreover, he challenges each of the author's points. First, the writer of the reading claims that humpback whales seem to be intelligent enough to use stars to navigate by. The professor refutes this point by explaining that humpback whales other animals have an average level of cognitive abilities are able to use stars. Furthermore, the professor provides an example of a duck to illustrate this.
Secondly, the reading states that humpback whales migrate in straight lines. However, the lecturer points out that humpback whales migrate in straight lines by using external force like earth magnate field.
Finally, the author of the reading says that humpback exhibit an unusual behavior to observe the stars. The speaker of the lecture opposes this point by mentions that humpback whales use spy-hopping not for looking to the stars but for looking to other animals to hunt them.
In conclusion, the three points made in the lecture contrast with the reading. The first, second and third points in the lecture demonstrate that using starts to navigate by the humpback whales is in doubt. Additionally, both the writer and the lecturer hold conflicting views about humpback whales.
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Essay reference notes: This topic is refereed from another essay topic, developed by user: minghui
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, furthermore, however, look, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, still, third, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1274.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 244.0 270.72406181 90% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.22131147541 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.95227774224 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52086162821 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 124.0 145.348785872 85% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.508196721311 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 378.9 419.366225166 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 49.5369087191 49.2860985944 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.0 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7692307692 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.69230769231 7.06452816374 123% => 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: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.451696874376 0.272083759551 166% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.160539415379 0.0996497079465 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.101395492578 0.0662205650399 153% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.277895020138 0.162205337803 171% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0858473558813 0.0443174109184 194% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.0 12.2367328918 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.35 8.42419426049 99% => OK
difficult_words: 59.0 63.6247240618 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => 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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