Genetic modification, a process used to change an organism’s genes and hence its characteristics, is now being used to improve trees. Through genetic modification, it is possible to create trees that produce more fruits, grow faster, or withstand adverse conditions. Planting genetically modified trees on a large scale promises to bring a number of benefits.
The lecturer and the reading are both about the large scale plantation of genetically modified trees. The author of the reading provides three benefits of this approach. However, the lecturer argues those ideas because she believes they are not convincing.
Firstly, it is suggested in the passage that genetically modified trees are hardier thus more likely to survive than natural peers. The article notes that a new pest-resistance species of papaya trees in Hawaii can withstand the infections caused by the ringspot virus. Nonetheless, the lecturer disproves this idea by saying that genetically modified trees are vulnerable to climate change thus can be easily wiped out thanks to their uniform genetic characteristics. In the meantime, some amount of natural trees will survive under the same condition as there are always some resistant individuals.
Secondly, the writer mentions that genetically modified trees have a number of economic benefits like faster growth and higher yields. Therefore, farmers get faster and greater returns on their investment. In contrast, it is challenged by the lecturer. Her position is that it may not be economically advantageous to grow those types of trees as there are hidden costs behind their plantation. Farmers will have to pay fees for the manufacturers of genetically modified seeds. Besides, they are not legally allowed to use seeds from trees for the following crops which means that they have to pay the above-mentioned fees every time they grow plants.
Thirdly, the author says that the use of genetically modified trees prevents the excessive deforestation for firewood and building timber as those fast-growing trees are the perfect alternatives for natural trees. The lecturer, on the other hand, rebuts this suggestion. She puts forth the idea that genetically modified trees are harmful to natural ones as they outcompete natural trees for resources like sunlight and water owing to their aggressive growth.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, but, first, firstly, however, if, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, thus, in contrast, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1686.0 1373.03311258 123% => OK
No of words: 309.0 270.72406181 114% => OK
Chars per words: 5.45631067961 5.08290768461 107% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.1926597562 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89243272883 2.5805825403 112% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.537216828479 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 528.3 419.366225166 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 48.8610769866 49.2860985944 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 99.1764705882 110.228320801 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.1764705882 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.29411764706 7.06452816374 117% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.189987727637 0.272083759551 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0563442267496 0.0996497079465 57% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0499996918449 0.0662205650399 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.114648248561 0.162205337803 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0412722981939 0.0443174109184 93% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 53.8541721854 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.09 12.2367328918 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 63.6247240618 137% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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