Portuguese Activity: Ellipsis

Portuguese activity, aimed at 9th grade students, proposes the study of ellipsis, taking as a reference a fragment of a reflective text about the paths taken by humanity, under the eyes of Charles Chaplin.

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read this fragment written by Charles Chaplin:

The path of life may be one of freedom and beauty, but we go astray. Greed has poisoned the souls of men… it has raised the walls of hatred in the world… and has made us march at a goose pace towards misery and slaughter. We created the age of speed, but we feel trapped within it. The machine, which produces abundance, has left us wanting. Our knowledge made us skeptical; our intelligence, hardened and cruel. We think too much and feel too little.

More than machinery we need humanity. More than intelligence, we need affection and sweetness. Without these virtues, life will be one of violence and all will be lost.

Story of my life. Rio de Janeiro: José Olympio, 1965.

Questions

Question 1 - In all segments, the idea of ​​adversity created by the author is clearly registered, except in:

a) "We created the era of speed, but we feel trapped inside it."

b) “The machine, which produces abundance, has left us in want.”

c) “Our knowledge made us skeptical […]”

d) "We think too much and feel too little."

Question 2 - The adjective "hard" could be replaced by:

a) hardened

b) saddened

c) weakened

d) mad

Question 3 - In “Without these virtues, life will be one of violence and everything will be lost.”, the highlighted expression resumes:

Question 4 – In the passage “Our knowledge has made us skeptical; our intelligence, hard and cruel.”, the comma signals:

a) the insertion of an explanation.

b) the inversion in the order of the constituents of the clause.

c) the omission of a sentence.

d) the isolation of an element with adverbial value.

Question 5 - In the second period of the text, the ellipses indicate:

By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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