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Directions: Read Text II and answer question 03 accordingly.
TEXT II
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it
was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it
was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it
was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it
5 was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we
had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we
were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going the
other way – in short, the period was so far like the present
period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its
10 being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative
degree of comparison only.
(DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Penguin Books, 1994.)
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Directions: Read Text II and answer question 03 accordingly.
TEXT II
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it
was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it
was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it
was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it
5 was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we
had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we
were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going the
other way – in short, the period was so far like the present
period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its
10 being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative
degree of comparison only.
(DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Penguin Books, 1994.)
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Resolução comentada
O trecho de Dickens compara o período narrado ao presente do autor.
Depois de listar contrastes, o narrador diz que 'the period was so far like the present period'. Isso estabelece uma analogia entre a época da história e a época atual. Ele acrescenta que as autoridades da época a viam apenas em grau superlativo.
Análise das alternativas
A) Não se desenvolve a ideia de que 'nada é o que parece'. Há apenas antíteses sobre a época. B) Não há relato de disputas recentes. C) Os 'noisiest authorities' insistiam em um grau superlativo, mas o texto não sugere espaço para debate sobre as comparações. D) Correta, pela comparação explícita entre os dois períodos.
Referência: Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (abertura).
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