Non-literary language. Aspects of non-literary language

question 1

ENEM - 2007

TEXT I

Read the fragments below to answer the question:

The sugar

The white sugar that will sweeten my coffee

this morning from Ipanema

was not produced by me

nor did it appear inside the sugar bowl by a miracle.

I see it pure

and affable to the palate

like a girl's kiss, water

on the skin, flower

which dissolves in the mouth. But this sugar

it wasn't made by me.

this sugar came

from the corner grocery store, and Oliveira, the owner of the grocery store, didn't do it either.

this sugar came

of a sugar mill in Pernambuco

or in the state of Rio

and neither did the owner of the plant.

This sugar was cane

and came from the extensive cane fields

that are not born by chance

in the lap of the valley.

In distant places where there is no hospital

nor school,

men who cannot read and starve

at 27 years old

planted and harvested the cane

that would turn into sugar.

In dark plants,

men of bitter life

and hard

produced this sugar

white and pure

how I sweeten my coffee this morning in Ipanema.

Source: “The Sugar” (Ferreira Gullar. All poetry. Rio de Janeiro, Civilização Brasileira, 1980, pp.227-228)

TEXT II

The sugar cane

Originally from Asia, sugar cane was introduced to Brazil by Portuguese colonists in the 16th century. The region that for centuries was the great sugarcane producer in Brazil is the Northeastern Zona da Mata, where the fertile massapé soils, in addition to the shorter distance from the European market, provided favorable conditions for this cultivation. Currently, the largest national producer of sugarcane is São Paulo, followed by Pernambuco, Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. In addition to producing sugar, which is partly exported and partly supplies the domestic market, sugarcane is also used for the production of alcohol, which is important nowadays as a source of energy and beverages. The immense expansion of sugarcane fields in Brazil, especially in São Paulo, is linked to the use of alcohol as fuel.

Regarding texts I and II, check the incorrect option:

a) In text I, instead of just informing about reality, or producing it, literary expression is used mainly as a means of reflecting and recreating reality.

b) In text II, of non-literary expression, the author informs the reader about the origin of sugarcane, the places where it is produced, how its cultivation began in Brazil, etc.

c) Text I starts from a word from the common domain – sugar – and expands its significant potential, exploring resources formal forms to establish a parallel between sugar – white, sweet, pure – and the life of the worker who produces it – hard, bitter, sad.

d) In text I, literary expression deconstructs language habits, basing its recreation on the use of new ways of saying.

e) Text II is not literary because, unlike the literary, it starts from an aspect of reality and not from the imagination.

question 2

ENEM - 2011

It's never-ending water

Preliminary data released by researchers from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) pointed to the Alter do Chão Aquifer as the largest deposit of drinking water on the planet. With an estimated volume of 86 000 cubic kilometers of fresh water, the underground reserve is located under the states of Amazonas, Pará and Amapá. This amount of water will be enough to supply the world's population for 500 years, says Milton Matta, a geologist at UFPA. In comparative terms, Alter do Chão has almost twice the volume of water in the Guarani Aquifer (with 45,000 cubic kilometers). Until then, Guarani was the largest underground reserve in the world, spread over Brasa, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Era. No.623. 26 Apr. 2010.

This news, published in a large-circulation magazine, presents the results of a scientific research carried out by a Brazilian university. In this specific communication situation, the referential function of language predominates, because the author of the text prioritizes

a) his opinions, based on facts.

b) objective and precise aspects.

c) the reader's persuasive elements.

d) the aesthetic elements in the construction of the text.

e) the subjective aspects of the aforementioned research.

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