Name: Lê Thị Bích Trâm

ID: 20650048

Subject: WRITING 5

Exercise 1:

I divided the essay into four paragraphs:

Paragraph 1: From “Charcoal is produced by burning” to “atmosphere began to rise”.

Paragraph 2: From “But a new use for charcoal” to “vital nutrients such as nitrates”.

Paragraph 3: From “The other benefit of biochar” to “emissions by over 10%”.

Paragraph 4: From “But other agricultural scientists” to “in this area is urgently needed”.

Question 1: What is the main topic of the divided paragraph?

Paragraph 1: At approximately the same time the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere
began to rise.

Paragraph 2: It is claimed that using biochar made from various types of plants can both
improve soil quality and combat global warming.

Paragraph 3: The other benefit of biochar is its ability to lock CO2 into the soil.

Paragraph 4: But other agricultural scientists are concerned about the environmental
effects of growing crops especially for burning, and about the displacement of food crops
that might be caused.

Question 2: What is the main purpose of the divided paragraph?

Paragraph 1: Introduce about charcoal and the advent of biochar.

Paragraph 2: Illustrate the benefits of biochar in improving soil quality and preventing
global warming.

Paragraph 3: Show another advantage of biochar that is the ability to lock CO2 into the
soil.
Paragraph 4: Summary of the benefits of biochar as well as the burning concerns.

Question 3: What are the supporting ideas for each divided paragraph?

Paragraph 1:

- Charcoal is produced by burning wood slowly in a low-oxygen environment.

- This material, which is mainly carbon, was used for many years to heat iron ore to
extract the metal.

Paragraph 2:

- Various experiments in the United States have shown that adding burnt crop
wastes to soil increases fertility and cuts the loss of vital nutrients such as nitrates.

Paragraph 3:

- The process of decay normally allows the carbon dioxide in plants to return to the
atmosphere rapidly, but when transformed into charcoal this may be delayed for
hundreds of years.
- In addition, soil containing biochar appears to release less methane, a gas which
contributes significantly to global warming.
- American researchers claim that widespread use of biochar could reduce global
CO2 emissions by over 10%.

Paragraph 4:

- However, the potential twin benefits of greater farm yields and reduced
greenhouse gases mean that further research in this area is urgently needed.

Exercise 2:

Question 1: Plagiarism

Because it is used lots of the same structures and phrases from the original passage such
as:

- The difference between green buildings and intelligent buildings.

- Without damaging the environment
- Using only sustainable resources.
 - Are building which are in.

Question 2: Paraphrase

Because it is written in a simpler and shorter version, with alternative terms, without losing
the meaning of the original text.

Question 3: Quotation

Because it uses two sentences from the original text. They are put in quotation marks.

- 'built-in an environmentally friendly way, i.e., without damaging the environment,

and as far as possible only using sustainable resources'.
- 'in certain ways sensitive to their environment and can adjust automatically; for
example, in accordance with the temperature or the presence or absence of
people'.

Question 4: Plagiarism

Because it is used some words that seem different from the original passage, but the idea
remains the same.

Question 5: Paraphrase

Because it has been paraphrased from the original passage using different words and
structures. However, it seems that the writer did not understand the original text well, so
the paraphrase is not very good.