Portuguese activity, suitable for 9th grade students, proposes the study of the meaning effect caused by the use of alternative conjunction, in the construction of news about dogs.
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Anyone who has or has had dogs knows: they are very friendly and also super jealous. In fact, they feel a range of emotions considered human, according to a survey by the University of Portsmouth, England. Scientists have analyzed the behavior of a thousand dogs and their owners. They registered scenes of explicit jealousy, like a dog interrupting, without the slightest ceremony, romantic moments of its owner. The study by psychologists and animal behavior specialists challenges the thesis that only people and chimpanzees are capable of experiencing so-called emotions. secondary emotions such as guilt, shame, jealousy or pride, although it is common ground that dogs, cats and other animals have primary emotions such as anxiety, surprise and anger.
MAGAZINE, Supplement of the newspaper “O Globo”, of September 17, 2006.
Question 1 - The genre of the text read is:
a) opinion article
b) short story
c) advertising
d) news
Question 2 - In the excerpt “[…] as guilt, shame, jealousy or pride […]”, does the highlighted alternative conjunction indicate the idea of inclusion or exclusion? Explain:
Question 3 - In the passage “They recorded scenes of explicit jealousy, like a dog interrupting, without the slightest ceremony, romantic moments of its owner.”, the underlined term introduces:
a) an example
b) an opinion
c) a comparison
d) a suggestion
Question 4 – “[…] cats and other animals has primary emotions, such as anxiety, surprise […]”. Why is the underlined verb accented?
Question 5 - The same reason justifies the accent of the words:
a) already and chimpanzees.
b) series and secondary.
c) jealousy and ceremony.
d) peaceful and primaries.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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