Portuguese activity, aimed at first-year high school students, addresses the conjunctions. How about breaking them down in the text Little boy, written by Rachel de Queiroz? In it, the author leads us to reflect on the death of children in our country, questioning And then why doesn't anyone guarantee him, like all nature's animals to their offspring, sustenance and protection while he lacks them? Be sure to read it and answer the questions that explore the various conjunctions used in that text!
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So much work, so much agony costs a boy. And even if it costs nothing, even if he is born in childbirth without pain and is raised alone on the backcountry roads, on the foothills of the mountains, on the sidewalks of Rio; how much it costs him to live, how much is worth that little miracle of life that one day he may become a man!
Yes, I know we are born to die. But not so soon. Not so fast that you can't even get a taste of life. Anyone who takes the trouble to come into the world should have at least one guaranteed right – that of surviving. So that, after all, we organize ourselves into society, so that we obey the laws, so that we accept this portion of contracts with civilization – marriage, military service, taxes, morals, English week, ministry of labor, election, justice, police – if in exchange you don't even guarantee the chance to live for a child born under of these laws? He was born perfect, he had a heart, a liver, he had a soul and he had love inside his chest and he was tender with her rose. And then why doesn't anyone guarantee him, like all nature's animals to their offspring, sustenance and protection while he lacks them?
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QUEIROZ, Rachel. “Anthology of the Brazilian Chronicle: from Machado de Assis to Lourenço Diaféria”. São Paulo: Modern, 2005. p.111.
Question 1 - Identify the alternative in which the underlined term plays the role of conjunction:
The) "[…] how much worth that little miracle of life […]"
B) "But not so early."
c) “Not so fast what you can't even get a taste of life.”
d) “For what, in the end, we organize ourselves in society […]"
Question 2 - In the passage “And even if it costs nothing, even if he is born without pain … how much it costs him to live […]”, the conjunction “even if” indicates:
a) one fact that adds to another.
b) one fact that conforms to another.
c) a fact that is a consequence of another.
d) one fact that is admitted in opposition to another.
Question 3 - The "if" is a conjunction in the sentence:
a) “[…] and raise yourself alone on the backcountry roads […]”
b) “Whoever takes the trouble to come into the world […]”
c) “[…] we organize ourselves into society […]”
d) “[…] if in exchange not even […]”
Question 4 – In the context above, the conjunction "if" indicates:
a) a hypothesis
b) a caveat
c) an example
d) a conclusion
Question 5 - In the excerpt “[…] he had heart, liver, he had soul and he had love inside his chest and he was tender with her rose.”, the conjunction “e” connects:
a) opposing facts.
b) facts that complement each other.
c) facts that justify it.
d) alternating facts.
Question 6 – In view of the function identified above, the conjunction "and" is called:
a) additive
b) adversative
c) explanatory
d) alternative
Question 7 – In the segment “And then why no one assures you … sustenance and protection While does it lack?”, the underlined conjunction establishes the relationship of:
in time
b) cause
c) proportion
d) purpose
Question 8 – In “[…] like all nature's animals to their babies […]”, “how” is:
a) an adverb that expresses intensity.
b) a conjunction that expresses a cause.
c) a conjunction that expresses a comparison.
d) an adverb that introduces an indirect question.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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