Prova de 2012: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) — questões com gabarito

and non‑conformist doubts produce suspicion. (l. 11-12)

Two words whose prefixes are semantically similar to the prefix in non-conformist are present in:

We have learned, though, that this social engineering is a phantasm, (l. 17)

Nevertheless, despite this, and maybe even because of it, we cannot give up trying the impossible: (l. 21-22)

The connectives underlined express the same notion.

They could be replaced by:

The ideas expressed in a text might be perceived as true because of the choice and repetition of a specific tense.

The verb tense that makes the ideas in the text seem true is:

Writers use different strategies in order to try to form more effective alliances with readers.

The resource used in the last paragraph to establish this alliance is in the use of:

Which brings up another subject. (l. 21)

A new subject is introduced by the sentence above. The subject can be best summarized by the following word from the text:

In the last paragraph, the author advises his readers to follow certain procedures so that they can come to their own conclusions.

One of these conclusions, however, may decrease the number of visitors to his blog because readers might consider his criticism as:

The language used in blogs can often be characterized as informal.

Two examples of informal use of language, present in the text, can be identified in: