Portuguese activity, aimed at 9th grade students, proposes the study of pronominal placement (proclisis), through the text Communication against prejudice, written by Aldé Lorenzo.
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Imagine watching, on TV, a children's story in which the prince falls in love with a lady from the “Palace of the Monkeys”. She is played by a white actress with her face painted entirely in black. When kissed by the prince, sealing the union under the king's blessings, she transforms: the black ink disappears and she is now an all white princess.
The appalling prejudice manifested in the story was not shown in a comedy program (which would not make it less reprehensible), neither in a poor and inconsequential foreign production, nor in independent Brazilian production. It was aired on the largest television network in Latin America, one of the largest in the world, in one of the most watched children's programs in Brazil.
Alde Lorenzo. Opinion Session of the Jornal Educação Pública, 11/19/2003.
Question 1 - “Communication against prejudice”. What prejudice does the text refer to?
Question 2 - There is an opinion of the author about prejudice in the passage:
a) "Imagine watching, on TV, a children's story in which the prince falls in love with a woman [...]"
b) "She is played by a white actress with her face entirely painted in black."
c) “[…] add the black paint and she is now an all white princess.”
d) “The appalling prejudice manifested in history […]”
Question 3 - In "Is it over there is represented by a white actress with her face entirely painted in black.”, the underlined word refers to who?
Question 4 – “[…] neither in a poor and inconsequential foreign production, nor in independent Brazilian production.”. The term "neither" indicates in this sequence of text the idea of:
a) addition
b) denial
c) opposition
d) comparison
Question 5 - “[…] what not O it would make it less reprehensible […]”. Why is the pronoun “o” placed before the verb in this passage?
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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