quarta-feira, 31 de agosto de 2011

Activity interpretation of the novel Harry Potter

Read the excerpt below from Chapter I of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" when Harry is left as a baby, to create uncles, after the children have become orphans of parents and having survived an assassination attempt by Lord Voldemort.

"- Good luck, Harry" - Dumbledore muttered, turned on his heel and with a swish of his cloak, disappeared.

A breeze ruffled the manicured hedges of Privet Drive, silent and quiet under the blackness of the sky, the last place where one would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter turned into the blankets without waking up, grabbed her little hand next to the letter but he went to sleep, not knowing it was special, not knowing he was famous, (...) could not know that at this very moment, there were people gathering and secretly across the country raised their glasses and said in hushed voices.

"The HarryPotter: the boy who lived. "

Answer the following questions:
1. What genre belongs the above excerpt, the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"?
a) chronic b) tell c) Movie d) Romance e) Magic

2. The passage refers to that element of the plot narrative?
a) presentation b) complication c) climax d) outcome

3. On the characteristics of narrative text in the passage read, is the correct alternative?
a) Dumbledore and Harry Potter characters are
b) "Privet Drive" indicates space
c) "this instant" indicates time
d) the narrator is an observer
e) all of the above are correct

4. What is the semantic value of the conjunctions "and" and "but", respectively?
a) addition and opposition b) addition and explanation c) explanation and opposition
d) completion and adding e) opposition and conclusion

5. Direct Speech is the alternative:
a) "Harry Potter turned"
b) "Good luck, Harry"
c) "there were people gathering"
d) "murmured Dumbledore"
e) "he went to sleep"

6. What meaning can be inferred from this passage: "he went to sleep ... not knowing it was special "?
a) Harry did not know that his parents had died
b) Harry still did not know he was a wizard important
c) Harry unaware of the fact that it was a normal boy
d) Harry knew he was famous
e) Harry still did not know who never had parents

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