Banco de questões: Imperativo

In the context of environmental advocacy, the imperative mood is often used to encourage immediate action against climate change. Consider the following excerpt from a public service announcement: 'Eliminate single-use plastic from your daily routine, reduce your energy consumption, and support sustainable transportation alternatives. Without these changes, we risk irreversible damage to our planet.' The announcement employs the imperative to exert a sense of urgency and responsibility on the audience. Furthermore, it utilizes the second person subject pronouns ('your' and 'you') to address the individuals directly, enhancing the personal stake in the issue. In this excerpt, the imperative serves both to issue direct commands and to articulate strong advice. Given the presented text and the knowledge of the imperative mood as a grammatical form used to express commands, requests, and advice, identify and discuss the specific strategies employed within the context of environmental advocacy to maximize the effectiveness of the imperative mood in influencing individual and collective behaviors related to environmental sustainability.

Leia o trecho abaixo de uma conversa entre dois amigos: \n\n'Você tem que ver aquele filme novo! É incrível.'\n'Ok, mas antes de ir, me diga: como chego ao cinema daqui?'\n'Siga em frente por duas quadras, vire à esquerda na avenida principal e você verá o cinema ao lado do café.'\n\nCom base nesse diálogo, identifique qual das seguintes frases utiliza o modo imperativo para dar instruções.

Imagine que você está elaborando um guia para novos alunos internacionais que chegam à sua escola. Você deseja incluir instruções claras sobre as regras e práticas comuns na instituição, como horários de aula, procedimentos de emergência e comportamento esperado. Usando o imperativo em inglês, crie uma lista de pelo menos três instruções para cada uma das seguintes situações: (1) Dando orientações gerais sobre o uso do espaço escolar e comportamento em sala de aula, (2) Instruindo sobre procedimentos de segurança em casos de emergência, como incêndios ou terremotos. Lembre-se de que o imperativo é usado para expressar ordens, instruções, conselhos e solicitações.

The imperative mood in English is used to give commands, make requests, offer advice, or provide instructions. It is a versatile form that can be found in a range of contexts, from everyday conversations to formal written language. Consider the following excerpt from a set of instructions for assembling furniture: 'Step 4: Secure the legs to the base using the screws provided. Step 5: Attach the back support to the main frame using the wooden dowels and fasten with the screws.' In this excerpt, the imperative form is used to clearly and directly instruct the reader on what to do in each step of the assembly process. With this theoretical understanding and example in mind, imagine that you are a technical writer preparing a set of instructions for using a new smartphone application. Write a paragraph of instructions for a specific feature of the app, using the imperative form appropriately to guide the user through the process. Then, reflect on the choice of language and structure you used in your instructions and discuss how the imperative form helps to achieve clarity and efficiency in communication.

Read the following excerpt from a speech by a renowned environmental activist, addressing a group of young students in 2020, where the speaker employs the imperative form to emphasize their points. Consider the historical and cultural context of the environmental movement at that time, and analyze how the imperative mood is used to convey urgency and inspire action. Based on this analysis, discuss the effectiveness of the imperative form in mobilizing young individuals for environmental causes and compare it to its use in one other historical social movement of your choice. What can we infer about the role of language in driving social change?