Text Interpretation Tips
Text interpretation is the key element for academic results, efficiency in solving exercises and even in understanding everyday situations. In addition to reading more...
Toda Matéria has prepared a set of tasks aimed at literacy students, which includes word searches, crossword puzzles, activities to link images to the corresponding names, and...
Test your knowledge of verbal voices and see if you already know everything about this topic. So that there are no more doubts, the answers are explained by the specialist teacher at the end of each...
The argumentative chronicle is a type of text in which argumentation is its main mark. It is widely used by the media, especially newspapers and magazines. The chronicle...
The terms "below", written together, and "below", written separately, are often confusing when we are going to write a text. However, they are used in different contexts. So you don't make a mistake...
A noun predicate is a type of predicate that has a noun (noun or adjective) as its head. Furthermore, it indicates the state or quality of something, being formed by a connecting verb and the...
Although many people use the terms phrase, clause and period synonymously, they have different concepts: Phrase: a linguistic statement that has a complete meaning. Prayer:...
Direct and Indirect Transitive Verbs are those that need two complements: one without preposition (direct object) and one with preposition (indirect object). Examples: Presented the...
A verbal predicate is a type of predicate that has as its nucleus a verb or a verbal phrase that conveys the idea of action. Remember that the verbal locution is the union of two or more...
What is syntactic function? Syntactic function is the role that each of the terms of the sentence plays in relation to the others. In syntax, the terms of the clause can be: Essentials: subject and...
Paroxytone words are those in which the penultimate syllable is pronounced with greater intensity due to the stressed accent. Examples of paroxytone words sugar (a-çú-car) album...
Word classes or grammatical classes are sets that serve to classify words under the morphological aspect. There are 10 word classes: noun, verb, adjective, pronoun,...
Syntax Figures or Construction Figures correspond to a group of figures of speech - alongside figures of thought, figures of words and figures of sound. They are used to...
The Open Letter is a model of letter (epistolary text) whose main characteristic is to inform, instruct, alert, protest, claim or argue about a certain subject. It is a...
Each of the 27 federative units in Brazil is represented by a two-letter acronym, written in capital letters. For those of you who have doubts about this, Toda Matéria made a table with...
Verbal voices, or verb voices, are the way in which verbs are presented in a sentence in order to determine whether the subject practices or receives the action. They can be of three types: active, passive or...
Concrete noun is a type of noun that designates real beings or objects. It represents beings with their own existence (chair, table, cat, woman, man) and who do not depend on others to...
Numeral is the variable word class (inflected in number and gender) responsible for determining the number of people, objects, things or the place occupied in a given sequence. In others...
The verb tenses (present, past and future) indicate when the action, state or phenomenon expressed by the verb occurs, in short: Present - not only indicates the current moment, but regular actions...
What is a direct transitive verb? Direct transitive verbs (VTD) are verbs that need a complement to make sense. This complement, called direct object, is linked to the verb without...
The personal pronouns of the straight case are those that have the function of the subject or of the subject's predicative: I, you, he/she, we, you, they/they. Examples: I submitted the requisition today...
A biography is a type of text that tells the story of someone's life. The word biography is composed of the terms of Greek origin bio (life) and spelling (writing). Characteristics Genre...
The quotation marks (“ ”) represent a graphic resource used in pairs in the production of texts, one serving to open and the other to close the speech. It is, therefore, a sign of...
“Há” and “A” are two terms that generate a lot of confusion for language users. This is because both have the same sound, but have different spellings. Here you will find...
Personal pronouns indicate the persons in the speech: who is speaking (1st person), whom to speak (2nd person) and who is spoken to (3rd person). They vary in gender and number and are classified as...
Corruption in Brazil is nothing new and is perhaps one of the biggest problems affecting the population's well-being. There has long been talk of misuse of public funds, the corruption of...
The Adjective Phrase is the union of two or more words that have an adjective value. The word locution comes from the Latin "locutio" and means way of speaking. Examples of Adjective Phrases As...
The cartoon is a journalistic genre that uses the image to express the editorial position of the vehicle to the community. It is a critique loaded with irony and that reflects situations of the...
The Portuguese language originates from Vulgar Latin. It is adopted by about 230 million people, making it the eighth most spoken language on the planet. It is present on four continents. Besides the...
Khartoum is a journalistic genre considered opinionated or analytical that criticizes, satirizes and exposes situations through graphics and humor. It currently covers practically all vehicles from...
The verb-nominal predicate is a type of predicate that has two heads, one of which is a verb and the other a noun (noun or adjective). In this way, it involves the other two...
The Metalinguistic Function is present in the discourse that uses the code to explain the code itself. What best defines and characterizes this function is the use of metalanguage. She can be...
Improper derivation, also called conversion, is a type of derivation that takes place by changing the grammatical class of the word. In other words, the formation of a new word is obtained by...
A site reference is the identification of the author, title of the article, site name, year, link and access date of an Internet text cited in your academic work. The presentation...
The Referential Function, also known as Denotative or Informative, has the objective of informing, notifying, referencing, announcing, indicating. This function is used on a daily basis, what does...
Test your knowledge of simple nouns and compounds. Check out the questions commented by our expert teachers about inflections of gender, number and degree, and the use of the hyphen in...
The essay has a lot of weight in the tests that give access to the University. To write a good essay, it's critical to read and practice. In addition, it is important to pay attention to planning,...
Nominal Regency is the way in which a name (noun, adjective and adverb) relates to its complements. In general, the relationship between the name and its complement is established by...
The parasynthetic or parasynthesis derivation is a type of derivation in which affixes (prefix and suffix) are added to the primitive word. Remember that derivation is a process of...
The Poetic Function is characterized by the concern with the form of speech, that is, the mode used to convey a message. This function of language is found in literary works,...
The Enem Languages, Codes and Their Technologies test contains 45 multiple-choice questions from the following subjects: Portuguese Language Literature Arts Education...
Vowel, Semivowel and Consonant are phonemes, which are sound units that distinguish words. While the vowels come out freely through the mouth, the same does not happen with the consonants, which...
Application is a document that serves to make a request to a person or an institution, explaining the reasons. Its formality depends on the recipient, who in the case of the application is...
Semantics is the branch of linguistics that studies the meanings and/or sense of language words. From the Greek, the word semantics (semantiká) means “sign”. According to two...
The subjunctive mode is the one that presents the fact, the action, but in an uncertain, imprecise, doubtful or eventual way. This is the verbal mode required in prayers that depend on others...
Palindrome, from the Greek palin (new) and dromo (path), is any word or phrase that can be read backwards and that, regardless of direction, retains its meaning. Also called...
“Evil” and “evil” are two homophone words. That is, they are pronounced the same way, but written in different ways. Since they have the same sound, they usually generate many...
Verbal and non-verbal language are part of our daily communication, being a very demanding subject in college entrance exams and in Enem. Check below 10 questions about the topic commented by...
The Argumentative Letter is a type of text whose main objective is to persuade the reader. In this sense, argumentation is its main weapon of persuasion, so that the issuer (writer),...
Semantic value is the meaning attributed to words according to their context. Often the same words have different meanings. Let's see the examples: There was a neighbor who was a...