salvage logging
The reading passage and the lecture both are about salvage logging. The author points out the three advantages of salvage logging. The lecturer casts doubts on the claims made in the passage.
First of all, the passage states that removing dead trees makes room for new trees to grow immediately. The professor refutes this points. The lecturer insisted that cleaning the forest does not create a good environment for new trees to grow because the decomposition of dead trees can make the soil more fertilize and can provide more nutrients for the nearby living plants. Secondly, the reading passage mentions that decaying wood is a highly suitable habitat for insects. The lecturer points out that insects can benefit the forest in the long run.
Next, the reading passage insists that salvage logging has economic benefits. Furthermore, the passage states that the trees that have been damaged by natural disasters still can provide much wood that is usable by industries and it helps create additional jobs for local residents. This point is challenged by the lecturer. The lecturer insists that industries require to use expensive things and also require to train the workers.
In conclusion, the reading passage and the lecture both are about salvage logging. The author points out the three advantages of salvage logging. The lecturer effectively challenged the points made in the reading passage.
- salvage logging 68
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- Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage. 75
- toefl ibt 3
Grammar and spelling errors:
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The reading passage and the lecture both...
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...he three advantages of salvage logging. The lecturer casts doubts on the claims mad...
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...ubts on the claims made in the passage. First of all, the passage states that re...
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...n benefit the forest in the long run. Next, the reading passage insists that s...
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...ecturer insists that industries require to use expensive things and also require to tr...
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Message: Did you mean 'training'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'require' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: training
...o use expensive things and also require to train the workers. In conclusion, ...
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...and also require to train the workers. In conclusion, the reading passage and t...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, furthermore, second, secondly, so, still, in conclusion, first of all
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: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 12.0 22.412803532 54% => OK
Preposition: 21.0 30.3222958057 69% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1185.0 1373.03311258 86% => OK
No of words: 226.0 270.72406181 83% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.24336283186 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.87727950738 4.04702891845 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.48182760147 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 111.0 145.348785872 76% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.491150442478 0.540411800872 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 356.4 419.366225166 85% => 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: 14.0 8.23620309051 170% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 54.3112020367 49.2860985944 110% => OK
Chars per sentence: 79.0 110.228320801 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.0666666667 21.698381199 69% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.46666666667 7.06452816374 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 4.19205298013 167% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.152434489189 0.272083759551 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.067711778212 0.0996497079465 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.108545450791 0.0662205650399 164% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.114266644166 0.162205337803 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668343911102 0.0443174109184 151% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 13.3589403974 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 53.8541721854 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.52 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.8 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 49.0 63.6247240618 77% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 68.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 20.5 Out of 30
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