Writing Homework Help

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

A Plastic Ocean is a film to make you think. Think, and then act. We need to take action on our dependence on plastic. We’ve been producing plastic in huge quantities since the 1940s. Drink bottles, shopping bags, toiletries and even clothes are made with plastic. What happens to all the rest? This is the question the film A Plastic Ocean answers. It is a documentary that looks at the impact that plastic waste has on the environment and the impact is devastating.

The film begins as a journey to film the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale. But during the journey the filmmakers (journalist Craig Leeson and environmental activist Tanya Streeter) make the shocking discovery of a huge, thick layer of plastic floating in the middle of the Indian Ocean. In total, they visited 20 locations around the world during the four years it took them to make the film. The documentary premiered in 2016, and is now on streaming services such as Netflix.

It’s very clear that a lot of research went into the film. There are beautiful shots of the seas and marine life. We see how marine species are being killed by all the plastic we are dumping in the ocean. The message about our use of plastic is painfully obvious.

In the second half, the filmmakers look at what we can do to reverse the tide of plastic flowing around the world. They present short-term and long-term solutions. These include avoiding plastic containers and ‘single-use’ plastic products as much as possible. Reuse your plastic bags and recycle as much as you can. The filmmakers also stress the need for governments to work more on recycling programmes, and look at how technology is developing that can convert plastic into fuel.

We make a staggering amount of plastic. In terms of plastic bags alone, we use five hundred billion worldwide annually. Over 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year, and at least 8 million of those are dumped into the oceans. Once you’ve seen A Plastic Ocean, you’ll realise the time is now and we all have a role to play.

(Author: Peter Neurer, 2019)

Question I:

• Write a suitable title for the article. [1.5 points]
• Form a research question for the article. [ 1.5 points]
• What is the focus used by the author for discussion and elaboration? [1.5 points]
• Using Chunking method, paraphrase the underlined sentences. [7 points]
• Write a response to the article given above. [7. 5 points]

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Question II: Write an expanded rough outline on ONE of the following topics [10 marks]

• Waste Management.
• Human Trafficking

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Question III. Find two pieces of evidence to support the following statement, and then identify the type of evidence. [5 marks]

Thesis statement: To emphasize the importance of student exchange, colleges and universities should require students to study abroad for at least one semester of their undergraduate education. (Argumentative essay)

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• Evidence 2.

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Question IV. Write a thesis statement on each of the following topics. [5marks]

• Healthy diet
• Ethical values
• Wild life
• Renewable energy

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Question V. Consider each thesis statement and write a new improved statement. [5 marks]

• School uniforms may be an upfront cost for families, but they eradicate the visual differences in income between students and provide a more egalitarian atmosphere at school.
• Libraries are essential resources for communities and should be funded more heavily by local government authorities.

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Revised thesis ________________________________________________

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Question VI. Document the following source using the Harvard Referencing Style. [2 marks]

• Reference: ____________________________________________________________

Integrate the following piece of evidence in a paragraph. [4 marks]

• ‘There was an increase in the percentage of students passing the graduation required subject tests of over 15% over the first two years of the block scheduling’ –(Forman 2009).

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