Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific points made in the reading passage
The article is about the humpback whales and their distinct abilities during migration and provides 3 reasons of support. However, the professor in the lecture refutes this argument considering it unconvincing and challenges all the points mentioned in the reading passage.
First and foremost, the reading avers that, whales are intelligent enough to navigate by stars. The professor believes there are flaws in the author's position and oppose this point by saying that there is no real connection between the intelligence and ability. For instance,ducks born with average cognitive ability and still ducks use stars to navigate. Hence, the point from the text can not be supported by evidence.
Secondly, the text outlines that whales always migrate in straight lines. The professor says that this claim is problematic. He explains that migration in line is not easy without external force so, animals must have some external object or force. This marine animal have bio magnitude element in the brain which is sensitive to earth magnetic field, this field works as an external force for them and the element suggest animals to orient themselves according to the field. Thus, this point in the passage can be considered invalid.
Finally, the author brings this argument to close by suggesting that they exhibit unusual behavior called spy hopping. Not surprisingly, lecturer rejects this point by indicating that by spy hopping they are not navigating for example sharks they follow the animals in this way which they want to prey, Therefore, this point from the passage is faulty.
It is quite visible that author and lecturer hold conflicting views about the behavior of whales.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 274, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , ducks
...e intelligence and ability. For instance,ducks born with average cognitive ability and...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, hence, however, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, thus, for example, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1418.0 1373.03311258 103% => OK
No of words: 270.0 270.72406181 100% => OK
Chars per words: 5.25185185185 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.05360046442 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.59534245701 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 160.0 145.348785872 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.592592592593 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 435.6 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
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: 0.0 2.5761589404 0% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.3933982658 49.2860985944 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.285714286 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.2857142857 21.698381199 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.35714285714 7.06452816374 104% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.172072413291 0.272083759551 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0609844922815 0.0996497079465 61% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0694473085206 0.0662205650399 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0930207579601 0.162205337803 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0424400901291 0.0443174109184 96% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 13.3589403974 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.17 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.08 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 77.0 63.6247240618 121% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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