activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the old-fashioned dress. The sow came to the party in a very old-fashioned dress. The other guests whisper with displeasure about her dress. […] What happened from there, huh? Let's find out? So read the text very carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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Linda, a famous movie actress, is having a party at her house. Her latest film has just premiered with great success and she wants to celebrate with her friends.
Her guests dress in the latest fashion. They are all very elegant. Well… not everyone! The sow came to the party in a very old-fashioned dress. The other guests whisper with displeasure about her dress and look at her sideways. But she doesn't care and continues to talk to each other as if nothing is happening.
Linda, the famous little dog, is very disappointed and is about to say something to the sow. Suddenly, the deer, the most important couturier in the region, appears at the party. Seeing the sow, she exclaims in amazement:
— But… do you already know what the new fashion will be?
Two hours earlier, the world's leading couturiers had gathered for a work session, during which they had decided that the next season's fashion would be what had reigned for three years before. She means, according to the dress the sow was wearing.
She did well the sow, who did not allow herself to be carried away by the whims of those who dictate fashion. She had her own criteria for dressing, and apparently she was even better dressed than the others.
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Question 1 - According to the narrator, "Linda, a famous movie actress, is having a party at her house." Identify the reason for this party:
Question 2 – In “The Other Guests Whisper with displeasure about her dress and look at her sideways.”, the underlined expression indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 3 – In the “But Is it over there doesn’t care and continues to talk to each other […]”, the underlined word:
( ) returns the nut.
( ) displays the nut.
( ) characterizes the sow.
Question 4 – In the fragment “Linda, the famous little dog, is very disappointed and about to say something to the sow.”, the narrator reveals facts about the little dog Linda, who:
( ) are added.
( ) alternate.
( ) are contrasted.
Question 5 - Read back:
“Suddenly, the deer, the most important seamstress in the region, appears at the party.”
This snippet is:
( ) the beginning of the story.
( ) the climax of the story.
( ) the end of the story.
Question 6 - In “—But… do you already know what the new fashion will be?”, the dash was used to mark:
( ) the beginning of the sow's speech.
( ) the beginning of Linda's speech.
( ) the beginning of the seamstress deer's speech.
Question 7 - In the part “He had his own criteria for dressing […]”, the term “for” expresses:
( ) destiny.
( ) direction.
( ) goal.
Question 8 - Mark the passage that contains a narrator's opinion:
( ) “Your guests dress in the latest fashion.”
( ) “[…] the fashion for the next season would be what had reigned three years before.”
( ) “The sow did well, who did not let herself be carried away by the whims of those who dictate the fashion.”
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.