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07/03/2023, 16:39 Avaliação I - Individual about:blank 1/7 Prova Impressa GABARITO | Avaliação I - Individual (Cod.:739760) Peso da Avaliação 1,50 Prova 43054795 Qtd. de Questões 10 Acertos/Erros 9/1 Nota 9,00 Literature is not always the easiest subject to be dealt with in class with your students. Nevertheless, a good teacher shall get students to read and even perform some stories of the writers he is dealing with in class. Consider the following two works: Gulliver Travels and The adventures of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift. You will answer the question: How to explore these books in a class for teenagers? Remember that the assumptions below provide the answer for the question but not all of them. Classify the sentences T for True and F for False: ( ) The two Works are of no interest for a class of teens. ( ) Students read the stories at home and search for films or other genders that may represent them or are related to them. ( ) Students find out everything about the authors and note their data down. They shall copy all of their works, list characteristics, biographical data (where they lived, what they used to eat and drink). ( ) Defoe and Swift´s stories offer a great variety of possible activities: role play, sketches, conversation, and writing activities about personal experiences. Check the correct sequence: A T - F - T - F. B F - T - F - T. C F - F - T - T. D T - T - T - F. Literature is a continuous process where changes occur all along time. It contributes to revealing the spirit of each of the socio-historical moments a society goes through. Let us consider two relevant authors of English literature: William Shakespeare and John Dryden. Read the following statements and associate each one to one of these two authors. Mark I for William Shakespeare; II for John Dryden: I- William Shakespeare. II- John Dryden. VOLTAR A+ Alterar modo de visualização 1 2 07/03/2023, 16:39 Avaliação I - Individual about:blank 2/7 ( ) The author was a language builder since he invented new words and expressions. ( ) He is one major poet of Enlightenment English literature. ( ) Comedy and tragedy definitely changed forever due to the creativity and humor of this author. ( ) People used to travel to London to watch his impressive plays at the Globe Theatre. Check the correct answer: A II - I - II - I. B I - II - I - I. C I - II - II - I. D II - I - I - I. William Shakespeare wrote some of the world’s most known and represented plays. There is no doubt about his skills and talents. His plays offer a profusion of ways to see life, which also applies to poetry. Read the assumptions below about the author. Classify them T, for True and F for False: ( ) Shakespeare was a language destroyer since he vanished any new vocabulary forms. ( ) Shakespeare is one of the major poets of Regionalism. ( ) Creativity and a taste of humor are usually attributed to the author. ( ) His plays used to impress people all and all again until nowadays. Check the correct answer: 3 07/03/2023, 16:39 Avaliação I - Individual about:blank 3/7 A T - F - T - F. B F - T - F - F. C F - F - T - T. D T - T - F - T. There is no doubt about the skills and talent of William Shakespeare. Not only he excelled in writing, but also representing and creating fantasy. This brings his plays and sonnet until our present times. Read the assumptions below, all about William Shakespeare. Classify them T, for True and F for False: ( ) The author was a language builder since he invented a new vocabulary ( ) Shakespeare is one of the major poets of the Restoration. ( ) The author is usually attributed creativity and humor. ( ) His plays did not impress people at all, as some of them were even deceiving. Check the correct answer: A V - V - F - V. B F - V - F - F. C V - F - V - F. D F - F - V - V. What could be the reasons that may lead a student to read literature in the original version? Reading books in the English language while learning the language itself may be a good method to improve linguistic and cultural skills. Read the following assumptions about the reasons for studying English literature: I- Some cultural aspects appear in literature while they do not really appear in grammar and dictionaries. II- Reading literature fulfills the gap between the main culture of the learner and the English language. 4 5 07/03/2023, 16:39 Avaliação I - Individual about:blank 4/7 III- English literature provides the student with all the information he needs about his mother tongue. IV- Enjoying literature will increase pleasure and extinguish students' confidence. Check the correct answer: A III and IV are correct. B I and II are correct. C II and III are correct. D II and IV are correct. Literature is a flow of writings and ways of thinking about the world. When situating these works on a timeline, it is usual to approach literature by literary periods or eras. This applies to works and writers that are commonly classified according to a certain number of characteristics. Read the following excerpt of “Auguries of Innocence”: To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wildflower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. Check the correct answer: A The words: world and heaven refer to the optimistic way of living of the author. B William Blake was not a poet. He only wrote novels and dramas. 6 07/03/2023, 16:39 Avaliação I - Individual about:blank 5/7 C Contrast and opposition do not appear in words such as eternity and hour. D The words: world, grain, heaven, and wildflower are strongly related and bond to each other. A literatura, como se sabe, costuma ser dividida em períodos. Cada um destes períodos se distingue por um conjunto de características próprias. Um período da literatura inglesa difere por atribuir ênfase à razão, mais à cabeça do que ao coração, e apresentar uma prosa mais fria, dotada de argumentação mais científica. Assinale a alternativa CORRETA que trata do período em questão: A Para Dryden, a literatura deve ser a imagem da verdade, deve satisfazer a razão. B Duas histórias seriam lidas na ida, duas na volta, nestas narrativas de Geoffrey Chaucer. C A narrativa de Beowulf foi escrita em Old English. D Engajado com questões políticas, escreveu Dias na Birmânia, em 1933. A few works in English literature have got as much attention as Gulliver Travels and The adventures of Robinson Crusoe. The authors are Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift. If ever you were supposed to give a class about these novels, how could you explore these contents in a teenagers class? Analyze the sentences and mark T for True and F for False: ( ) The two Works are of no interest for a class of teens. ( ) Ask students to read the stories at home, for example, and search for films or other genders that represent them. ( ) Make students find out everything about the authors and ask them to list it: all of their Works, characteristics, where they lived, what they used to eat and drink... ( ) Defoe and Swift´s stories offer a great variety of possible activities: role play, sketches, and writing activities about personal experiences. Check the correct answer: A F - F - T - T. B T - F - T - F. C F - T - F - T. D T - T - T - F. Read the following excerpts: Associate the items by using the following code: I- Sonet 116, William Shakespeare. 7 8 9 07/03/2023, 16:39 Avaliação I - Individual about:blank 6/7 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: II- "Auguries of Innocence", William Blake. To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. ( ) Contrasting ideas are presented in this excerpt. ( ) This excerpt refers to human feelings, a topic theauthor usually writes about. ( ) This excerpt shows a main topic of this author of tragedies and comedies. ( ) Relationship between two people is discussed in the excerpt. Check the correct answer: A I - I - I - II. B II - I - I - I. C I - II - II - II. D II - II - I - II. Different times know different societies. Literature reflects the changes that a society undergoes. This phenomenon may appear through the contents, the language, its structure, its vocabulary, and even in new genders. During the period of the English Renaissance, new prose or writing appears, which is more oriented to reason, to scientific arguments. It is rational literature and not lyrics for the heart and emotion. You may find the two periods of English literature followed by a few assumptions. Mark I for Renaissance, and II for The Enlightenment: I- Renaissance. II- The Enlightenment. ( ) Traveling around the world, criticizing royalty, Liliput is about this and more. ( ) Literature should represent the truth and satisfy reason, according to Dryden. ( ) Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo-and-Juliet: so many comedies and tragedies he left us! ( ) A lonely man on an island: Is this a new beginning for civilization? 10 07/03/2023, 16:39 Avaliação I - Individual about:blank 7/7 Check the correct answer: A II - I - I - II. B I - II - II - I. C I - I - II - II. D II - II - I - II. Imprimir