Injunction is the act of injure, that is, of instruct, order, in establish laws, rules, for some action, custom or circumstance to happen. THE injunction it is quite common in the daily lives of most people, as we can find it in some situations during the oral verbal interaction – when we receive or give orders to someone – and/or verbal written - from injunctive texts, such as instruction manuals, cooking recipes, some electoral and advertising campaigns, booklets with game instructions and rules, medicine inserts, self-help book, air and road travel instruction booklets etc.
Injunctive texts
O injunctive text is a type of text, as well as others that exist and are organized in different ways, such as the text narrative, O essay, O descriptive, Oprescriptive it's the explanatory.
In general, the injunctive texts have the purpose of instructing readers to carry out some activity, such as install electronic equipment, build a wardrobe, make a cooking recipe etc.. Generally speaking, as the injunctive text
is developed from verbs in mode imperative (Ex.: Plug it in the blue cable to the TV.) or infinitive (Ex.: To connect the blue cable to the TV), we can say that the language function on one injunctive text and the conative/appellative. Also regarding the language of injunctive texts, this must be clear, objective and didactic so that you can reach the objective of promoting the perfect execution of the task/activity to be performed.Generally, the message is structured in two parts, the first being for the enumeration of elements/materials and the second for the explanation of how to carry out the task/activity.
Read a recipe for 'Turkey Breast Quiche', a perfect example of injunctive text:
Do not stop now... There's more after the advertising ;)
turkey breast quiche
Ingredients:
Pasta
1 cup of wheat flour (160 g)
4 tablespoons of oil (60 ml)
½ cup (tea) of cream cheese (120 g)
½ teaspoon of baking powder salt to taste
Filling
1¼ cup of chopped turkey breast (150 g)
1 ½ cup (tea) of grated mozzarella (150 g)
1/3 cup of chopped green olives (50 g)
2 yolks
1 cup (tea) of curd
(240 g) salt, black pepper and chopped green smell to taste
2 egg whites beaten in snow
grated parmesan cheese to taste
Method of preparation:
Pasta
1 - In a bowl place 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 4 tablespoons of oil, ½ cup of cream cheese, ½ teaspoon of baking powder, salt to taste and mix until you get a dough. With a rolling pin, open this dough between two plastic bags and transfer it to a quiche tin with a false bottom (25 cm in diameter x 3 cm in height) and line the bottom and sides.
2 - Bake in a preheated medium oven at 180°C for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
Filling
3 - Place in a bowl 1 ¼ cup (tea) of chopped turkey breast, 1 ½ cup (tea) of grated mozzarella, 1/3 cup (tea) of chopped green olives, 2 egg yolks, 1 cup (tea) of cottage cheese, salt, black pepper and chopped green smell to taste and mix. Add 2 whipped egg whites and mix gently. Transfer this mixture to the form with the dough (reserved above). Cover with grated Parmesan cheese to taste and return to oven at 180°C for 40 minutes. Remove from oven, unmold and serve immediately.
By Ma. Luciana Kuchenbecker Araújo
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
ARAúJO, Luciana Kuchenbecker. "What is an injunction?"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/o-que-e/portugues/o-que-e-injuncao.htm. Accessed on July 27, 2021.