The graph below gives information from a 2008 report about consumption of energy in the USA since 1980 with projections until 2030.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features,and make comparisions where relevant.
The line graph illustrates patterns of consumption of different sorts of energy resources in the USA in the period between 1980 and a predicted year - 2030.
As can be seen from the chart, in general, the trends of all types of energy consumptions are upward. For petrol and oil, which were consumed most significantly in 2008, fluctuated slightly from 35 to over 40 quadrillion units in 2008. Since then, it was projected to increase steeply to a peak of just under 50 quadrillion units. Similarly, the consumption of natural gas stood at a second high position in 1980, albeit fluctuating from 19...
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 8.0 out of 9
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 0 2
No. of Sentences: 8 10
No. of Words: 218 200
No. of Characters: 1035 1000
No. of Different Words: 117 100
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 3.843 4.0
Average Word Length: 4.748 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.833 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 65 60
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 48 50
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 38 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 27 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 27.25 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 8.378 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.5 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.474 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.633 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.134 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 3 4