Questões de Inglês

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Eu sei que ao longe na praça.
Ferve a onda popular,
Que às vezes é pelourinho,
Mas poucas vezes – altar.
Que zombam do bardo atento,
Curvo aos murmúrios do vento
Nas florestas do existir,
Que babam fel e ironia.
Sobre o ovo da utopia
Que guarda a ave do porvir.

 

Eu sei que o ódio, o egoísmo,
A hipocrisia, a ambição,
Almas escuras de grutas,
Onde não desce um clarão,
Peitos surdos às conquistas,
Olhos fechados às vistas,
Vistas fechadas à luz,
Do poeta solitário
Lançam pedras ao calvário,
Lançam blasfêmias à cruz.

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(ALVES, Castro. Melhores poemas de Castro Alves. São Paulo: Global, 2003. p. 111.)

    In the first five lines of Text  the figures of speech called hyperbole and antithesis were used. First, read the pieces of songs below:

 

I-“I can’t tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now there’s a steel knife
In my windpipe
I can’t breathe
But I still fight while I can fight” 

(Eminem, Love the way you lie lyrics, feat. Rihanna.)

 

 II-“I’d catch a grenade for ya
Throw my hand on a blade for ya
I'd jump in front of a train for ya
You know I’d do anything for ya
Oh oh, I would go through all of this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same” 

(Bruno Mars, Grenade lyrics.)

 

III-“And the sun will set for you,
The sun will set for you.
And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in grey,
And the sun will set for you.”

(Linkin Park, Shadow of the day lyrics.)

 

IV-“Looks like a girl, but she’s a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try but you’ll never forget her name
She’s on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls”

(Alicia Keys, Girl on fire lyrics.)

 

V-“I’m on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can’t be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down”

(Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge over troubled water lyrics.)

 

VI-“Cause you're hot then you're cold
You’re yes then you’re no
You’re in then you’re out
You’re up then you’re down
You’re wrong when it’s right
It’s black and it’s white
We fight, we break up
We kiss, we make up
(You)
You don’t really want to stay, no
(You)
But you don't really want to go”

(Kate Perry, Hot n’ cold lyrics.) (Available on: http://www.songlyrics.com. Accessed on: 20th Jan. 2014.)

 

     From the alternatives given, select the only one with examples of hyperbole and antithesis respectively:

Turning Brown

 

    A four-year-old boy was eating an apple in the back seat of the car, when he asked, “Daddy, why is my apple turning brown?”

    “Because,” his dad explained, “after you ate the skin off, the meat of the apple came into contact with the air, which caused it to oxidize, thus changing the molecular structure and turning it into a different color.”

    There was a long silence. Then the son asked softly, “Daddy, are you talking to me?”

Disponível em: http://hayspost.com. Acesso em: 10 nov. 2011.

 

Considerando os participantes da conversa nessa piada, nota-se que o efeito de humor é obtido em função

    read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. Humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing about a third of the way down the list ... That didn’t look so good, but then someone at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of locomotion for a man on a bicycle. And a man on a bicycle blew the condor away. That’s what a computer is to me: the computer is the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.

JOBS, S. Disponível em: www.msnbc.msn.com. Acesso em: 28 fev. 2012 (adaptado).

 

Ao abordar o deslocamento de várias espécies, com base em um estudo que leu, Steve Jobs apresenta o computador como uma ferramenta que

Tennesse Mountain Properties Description

 

    Own a renovated house for less than $290 per month!!!!!!!! New windows, siding, flooring (laminate throughout and tile in entry way and bathroom), kitchen cabinets, counter top, back door, fresh paint and laundry on main floor. Heat billsare very low due to a good solid house and an energy efficient furnace.

Disponível em: www.freerealestaeads.net . Acesso em: 30 nov. 2011(adaptado).

 

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