Question

1. Leia o seguinte texto em inglês e responda as perguntas abaixo:
BIOGRAPHY (Biografia):
Edgar Alan Poe was born in 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. He was the
second of three children. David and Elizabeth, his parents, were actors. His father abandoned
the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. He was an orphan at the age of three.
He attended the university of Virginia. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army. Following
his Army service, Poe was admitted to the United States Military Academy of West Point, but he
was again forced to leave for lack of financial support.
ATIVIDADES
From 1831 to 1835, Edgar Allan Poe lived in Baltimore, where his father was born, with his aunt
Maria Clemm and her daughter, his cousin Virginia. He began to devote his attention to his
cousin and in 1836, they got married. She was only 13 years old In 1847, at the age of 24 ——
Virginia passed away from tuberculosis. Poe was overcome by grief following her death. He
continued to work, suffering from poor health and struggling with financial problems. He was an
American writer, poet, critic and editor best known for evocative short stories and Virginia, who
became his literary inspiration as poems that captured the imagination and interest of readers
around the world. He died in 1849. Poe’s work as an editor, a poet, and a critic had a profound
impact on American and international literature. His stories mark him as one of the originators
of both horror and detective fiction. Many anthologies credit him as the “architect” of the
modern short story.
Perguntas para serem respondidas de acordo com o texto acima.
a) Quando nasceu Edgar Allan Poe?____________________________________________________
b) Onde nasceu ele? ________________________________________________________________
c) Quantos anos ele viveu?___________________________________________________________
d) Edgar casou-se com sua prima que conheceu quando morou com sua tia Maria Clemm. Como ela
se chamava? ______________________________ E que idade tinha quando eles se casaram? _______
e) Em que ano Morreu Edgar Allan Poe?
___________________________________________________________________________________
f) De que morreu sua prima ainda jovem?
___________________________________________________________________________________
g) Além de escritor, poeta e crítico, o que mais foi Allan Poe ?
__________________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

a) Edgar Allan Poe nasceu no ano de 1809.

b) Edgar Allan Poe nasceu na cidade de Boston, em Massachusetts nos Estados Unidos da América.

c) Ele viveu até os seus 40 anos.

d) A prima a qual Edgar Allan Poe se casou quando morava com sua tia se chamava Virgínia.

e) Edgar Allan Poe morreu no ano de 1849, com 40 anos de idade.

f) A prima mais jovem de Edgar Allan Poe morreu de tuberculose.

g) Edgar Allan Poe também foi um importante editor de contos evocativos.

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