Glass is a favored building material for modern architecture, yet it is also very dangerous for wild birds. Because they often cannot distinguish between glass and open air, millions of birds are harmed every year when they try to fly through glass windows. There are, however, several solutions that responsible businesses can use to prevent injuries to birds.
One-Way Glass
One solution is to replace the regular, clear glass with one-way glass that is transparent in only one direction. The occupants of the building can see out, but birds and others cannot see in. If birds cannot see through a window, they will understand that the glass forms a solid barrier and will not try to fly through it.
Colorful Designs
A second solution is to paint colorful lines or other designs on regular window glass. For example, a window could have a design of thin stripes painted over the glass. People would still be able to see through the openings in the design where there is no paint, while birds would see the stripes and thus avoid trying to fly through the glass. Architects can be encouraged to include colorful painted patterns on glass as part of the general design of buildings.
Magnetic Field
The third solution is to create an artificial magnetic field to guide birds away from buildings. Humans use an instrument called a magnetic compass to determine directions—either north, south, east, or west. Bird research has shown that birds have a natural ability to sense Earth’s magnetic fields; this ability works just like a compass, and it helps birds navigate in the right direction when they fly. A building in a bird flight path can be equipped with powerful electromagnets that emit magnetic signals that steer birds in a direction away from the building
In the given set of materials, both the reading passage and the lecture discuss about the perilous effect of glass on wild birds. The reading passage describes three different solutions such as use of one- way glass, colourful designed glass window, and magnetic field to prevent the birds from injury. On the contrary, the lecturer refutes the author’s claim by stating that there are no clear grounds about the information provided by the author.
Firstly, the reading passage mentions usage of unidirectional transparent one- way glass. In this manner, the residents can visualise the outdoor where as the birds cannot. However, the lecturer counters the author’s claim by highlighting that the one- way glass are bound to reflect similar to a mirror. For instance if the glass reflects the sky, the birds being unaware of the reflection, will consider it as an open sky and fly towards it, eventually hurting itself.
Next, the professor weakened the author's solution of colourful designed glass window by mentioning that the unpainted hole on the glass will allow birds to approach towards the window. However, if the hole is made too tiny, it will darken the inside of the room.
Finally, the reading passage supports its claim by suggesting an artificial magnetic field to redirect the birds away from the building. However, the lecturer rebuts the author’s claim by detailing that althoughbirds use the earth's magnetic field while travelling long distance, such as from cold country to a warm country, they don't use magnetic field as a guide to travel short distance. Therefore, a magnetic field will not have a significant impact.
In conclusion, while the reading passage proposed several methods to prevent the wild birds from injuring themselves, the lecturer contradicts each of the author’s theory using valid reasons and evidences.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, so, therefore, while, for instance, in conclusion, such as, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 10.4613686534 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 5.0 12.0772626932 41% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 12.0 22.412803532 54% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1571.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 298.0 270.72406181 110% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27181208054 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15483772266 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.67079733718 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 160.0 145.348785872 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.536912751678 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 463.5 419.366225166 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 53.452406525 49.2860985944 108% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.846153846 110.228320801 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9230769231 21.698381199 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.07692307692 7.06452816374 128% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
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: 0.192438187628 0.272083759551 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0719025262315 0.0996497079465 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0619189162665 0.0662205650399 94% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.111243613425 0.162205337803 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0605247720037 0.0443174109184 137% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 13.3589403974 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.58 12.2367328918 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.18 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 63.6247240618 132% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.