“The High Priestess of Soul,” Nina Simone was a singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Mostly known as a jazz singer, her music blended gospel, blues, folk, pop, and classical styles. No popular singer was more closely associated with the Civil Rights Movement than Simone.
         Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21st, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. Her mother, Mary Kate Irvin, was a Methodist preacher and housekeeper, and her father, John Divine Waymon, worked as an entertainer, barber, and dry-cleaner. The family’s home was filled with music and Simone’s mother encouraged her musical pursuits but she did not approve of nonreligious music like blues and jaz... Ver mais

        “The High Priestess of Soul,” Nina Simone was a singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Mostly known as a jazz singer, her music blended gospel, blues, folk, pop, and classical styles. No popular singer was more closely associated with the Civil Rights Movement than Simone.
         Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21st, 1933, in Tryon, North Carolina. Her mother, Mary Kate Irvin, was a Methodist preacher and housekeeper, and her father, John Divine Waymon, worked as an entertainer, barber, and dry-cleaner. The family’s home was filled with music and Simone’s mother encouraged her musical pursuits but she did not approve of nonreligious music like blues and jaz... Ver mais

        Gabriele Tinti’s Hungry Ghosts is a cycle of 51 poems written in collaboration with the photographer Roger Ballen, whose photographic negatives are reproduced in the book. The images are mostly terrifying, in keeping with the otherworldly inclination of the poems. This bilingual edition includes Tinti’s original Italian poems with English translations by David Graham, interspersed with Greek lines taken from inscriptions found on archaeological objects and from ancient Greek texts.
         The book is inspired by the Petavatthu, a Theravada Buddhist scripture that includes stories about the realm of the “hungry ghosts,” a category of supernatural beings ubiquitous in East and South Asian religions,... Ver mais

        Gabriele Tinti’s Hungry Ghosts is a cycle of 51 poems written in collaboration with the photographer Roger Ballen, whose photographic negatives are reproduced in the book. The images are mostly terrifying, in keeping with the otherworldly inclination of the poems. This bilingual edition includes Tinti’s original Italian poems with English translations by David Graham, interspersed with Greek lines taken from inscriptions found on archaeological objects and from ancient Greek texts.
         The book is inspired by the Petavatthu, a Theravada Buddhist scripture that includes stories about the realm of the “hungry ghosts,” a category of supernatural beings ubiquitous in East and South Asian religions,... Ver mais

Leia o fragmento do texto “Born in Croatia, Tesla came to the United States”, analise as afirmativas a seguir a assinale a alternativa correta quanto ao uso da formação em destaque.
I. explicativo, pois constata onde ele nasceu. II. argumentativo, pois discute o lugar de nascimento dele. III. temporal, pois marca o tempo cronológico em que ele nasceu. 

Leia a explicação de Souza et al (2005, p.55) sobre grupos nominais. “Grupos Nominais são formados de um núcleo (substantivo) e um ou mais modificadores (que podem ser adjetivos ou outros substantivos). Em português, os modificadores geralmente aparecem DEPOIS do núcleo (exemplo: escândalos financeiros). Em inglês, porém, os modificadores quase sempre aparecem ANTES do núcleo "financial scandals". Por isso, é importante observar que, em inglês, o núcleo será quase sempre a última palavra do grupo nominal. (...) Algumas vezes, entretanto, o grupo nominal poderá incluir uma preposição (in, on, at, of, for, etc); nesses casos, o núcleo será a palavra que precede a preposição”. Observe o grupo nominal a seguir, analise as afirmativas e assinale a alternativa correta.
Grupo nominal: “the... Ver mais

Observe as estruturas e se atenha apenas as palavras sublinhadas e assinale a alternativa que apresenta qual delas é o núcleo do grupo nominal. 

Sign the object in the sentence below.

Your uncle left a message. 

“Unless” in “unless it can stake a stronger claim to supporting improvement” (7th paragraph) introduces a(n)

Text II
Global commerce 
    Driverless vehicles whizz across five new berths at Tuas Mega Port, which sits on a swathe of largely reclaimed land at the western tip of Singapore. Unmanned cranes loom overhead, circled by camera-fitted drones. The berths are the first of 21 due by 2027. When it is completed in 2040, the complex will be the largest container port on Earth, boasts PSA International, its Singaporean owner.    Tuas is a vision of the future on two fronts. It illustrates how port operators the world over are deploying clever technologies to meet the demand for their services in the face of obstacles to the development of new facilities, from lack of space to environmental concerns. More fundamentally, the city-state’s investment, with construction costs estimated at $1... Ver mais