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TPO23 - Integrated TOEFL essay
In this set of materials, the reading passage states that the number of yellow cedar trees have decreased in North America and brings up three different hypotheses to explain the decline. However, the lecturer finds all the ideas dubious and unlikely to happen and provides some evidence to refute them all.
First of all, the author of the passage claims that insects, such as beetle, attack the cedar bark and destroy the trees. In contrast, the lecturer argues that the cedar trees are more resistant than other tree species against insect infestation. That is to say, yellow cedars a...
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No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 14 12
No. of Words: 320 250
No. of Characters: 1518 1200
No. of Different Words: 155 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.229 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.744 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.27 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 105 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 70 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 39 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 26 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 22.857 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.634 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.929 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.386 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.585 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.114 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4