Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of American literature and as a remarkable Renaissance…

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Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of American literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman. Being a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, Dr. Angelou continues to travel the world making appearances, and spreading her legendary wisdom. Born April 4, 1928 in Saint Louis, Missouri, Maya Angelou`s given name was Marguerite Johnson. In her early twenties she was given the name Maya Angelou after her debut performance as a dancer at the Purple Onion Cabaret. The author`s father, Bailey Johnson, was a naval dietician, and her mother was Vivian Johnson. She has one sibling, a brother named Bailey after their father. When she was about three years old, their parents divorced and the children were sent to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Angelou claims that her grandmother, whom she called “momma”, had a deep-brooding love that hung over everything she touched. Growing up in Stamps, Angelou learned what it was like to be a black girl in a world whose boundaries were set by whites. She learned what it meant to have to wear old hand-me-downs from a white woman. And she also learned the humiliation of being refused treatment by a white dentist. As a child, she always dreamed of waking to find her “nappy black hair” metamorphosed to a long blond bob, because she felt life was better for a white girl than for a black girl. Despite the odds, her grandmother instilled pride in Angelou with religion as an important element in their home. After five years of being apart from their mother, the children were sent back to Saint Louis to be with her. This move eventually took a turn for the worst, when Angelou was raped by her mother`s boyfriend. The devastating act of violence committed against her caused her to become mute for nearly five years. She was sent back to Stamps because no one could handle the grim state Angelou was in. With the constant help of a woman named Mrs. Flowers, Angelou began to evolve into the young girl who had possessed the pride and confidence she once had. Again in 1940, her brother and her were sent to San Francisco to live with their mother. Life with her mother was a constant disorder. Living with her mother soon became too much for her, so she ran away to be with her father and his girlfriend in their rundown trailer. Finding that life with him was no better, she ended up living in a graveyard of wrecked cars that mainly housed homeless children. It took her a month to get back home to her mother. Angelou`s dysfunctional childhood, spent moving back and forth between her mother and grandmother, caused her to struggle with maturity. She became determined to prove she was a woman and began to rush toward maturity. Angelou soon found herself pregnant, and at the age of sixteen she delivered her son, Guy. Consider the following information: 1. The city where Maya Angelou was born. 2. The number of dancing presentations she carried out before she was given a new name. 3. The number of brothers and sisters Angelou had. 4. The reason Angelou`s parents divorced. 5. The relative with whom Angelou went to live after her parents divorced. 6. The occupation Angelou had at the Purple Onion cabaret. 7. The amount of money she used to earn at the Purple Onion cabaret. 8. The church Angelou attended while living with her grandmother. What information is in the text? (UFPR 2009)

1. A) Only 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
2. B) Only 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8.
3. C) Only 2, 4, 6 and 7.
4. D) Only 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa A

Resolução passo a passo

1. Leia o texto e localize cada item da lista. Passo 2: Item 1 (cidade de nascimento): o texto diz que Maya Angelou nasceu em 4 de abril de 1928 em Saint Louis, Missouri. Está no texto. Passo 3: Item 2 (número de apresentações de dança antes do nome artístico): o texto diz que ela recebeu o nome Maya Angelou após sua estreia (debut performance) como dançarina no Purple Onion Cabaret. Como a estreia é a primeira apresentação, e o nome veio depois dela, o texto indica uma apresentação antes do nome. Está no texto, embora de forma indireta. Passo 4: Item 3 (número de irmãos): o texto diz que ela tem um único irmão, Bailey. Está no texto. Passo 5: Item 4 (motivo do divórcio dos pais): o texto informa que os pais se divorciaram quando ela tinha cerca de três anos, mas não diz por que. Não está no texto. Passo 6: Item 5 (parente com quem foi morar após o divórcio): as crianças foram morar com a avó em Stamps, Arkansas. Está no texto. Passo 7: Item 6 (ocupação no Purple Onion): ela estreou como dançarina nesse cabaré. Está no texto. Passo 8: Item 7 (quanto ganhava no cabaré): o texto não menciona salário. Não está no texto. Passo 9: Item 8 (igreja que frequentava com a avó): o texto diz que a religião era importante na casa da avó, mas não nomeia nenhuma igreja. Não está no texto. Passo 10: Conclusão: estão no texto os itens 1, 2, 3, 5 e 6, que correspondem à alternativa A, gabarito oficial. Concordo com o gabarito. Por que as outras estão erradas: B inclui 7 e 8, que não aparecem no texto, e deixa de fora 2 e 6; C inclui 4 e 7, que não aparecem, e deixa de fora 1, 3 e 5; D inclui 4, 7 e 8, que não aparecem no texto.

💡 Dica: Leia atentamente o texto para identificar as informações solicitadas.

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