Prova de 2011: Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE) — questões com gabarito

Ataliba T. de Castilho, em sua Nova gramática do português brasileiro, ao discorrer sobre os tempos verbais, associa o presente à dissertação, e os tempos do passado (pretérito perfeito, pretérito imperfeito e pretérito mais-que-perfeito) à narrativa, que pode ser de situação e de ação. Observe o que se diz sobre os verbos do texto.

I. Por meio do uso do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo, o enunciador reporta-se, no texto, a acontecimentos que estariam em curso no passado.

II. No texto, informações passadas pelo pretérito imperfeito do indicativo configuram uma narrativa de situação, a qual funciona como “moldura ao evento central”.

III. O pretérito perfeito do indicativo, que aparece entre as linhas 43 e 46, configura o que se chama narrativa de ação e apresenta fatos do passado em relação ao momento da enunciação.

Está correto o que se diz em

Dentre os comportamentos listados abaixo e que estão no texto, assinale a opção que contém o único que NÃO é próprio da criança.

A crônica inicia-se com o pronome demonstrativo aquela. Na primeira linha do segundo parágrafo (linha 7), aparece outro pronome demonstrativo: esses. Atente ao que se diz sobre esses pronomes e as expressões em que eles aparecem.

I. Aquela velha carta de A B C, na linha 1, aponta para a memória do enunciatário, o que sugere ter o enunciador a certeza de que o enunciatário partilha com ele a informação que vem a seguir.

II. Ao contrário de Aquela velha carta de A B C (linha1), esses horrores (linha 7) aponta para algo que está expresso na materialidade do texto.

III. A interpretação coerente dos dois pronomes — aquela e esses — exige do leitor mais domínio das normas gramaticais do que das normas textuais.

Está correto o que se afirma em

Assinale a afirmação INCORRETA a respeito do texto.

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