(Originais Teachy 2023) - Question Medium of Spanish

From the text presented, the predominance of the narrative textual type is indicated by the following characteristics: the presence of a narrator who reports the facts in the third person ('When the boy saw himself in the mirror, he looked up at the room and saw no one; he looked at the mirror and saw himself.'), the sequence of events that make up a story ('Then he began to make gestures, to see himself in the mirror making gestures, to kiss his hand to the mirror and laugh at himself.'), and the presence of elements that mark the passage of time ('The hours passed and he was always looking at himself in the mirror, seeing himself in the mirror and not seeing anyone in the room.'). Now, a description of the same event, focusing on a detailed description of the environment and the actions of the character without elements suggesting temporal change or progression, is suitable for the descriptive textual type. The new description would be as follows: 'The boy, when facing the mirror, observed attentively the reflection of his own body. In delicate gestures, he faced the reflected image, lightly touching the glass and smiling at what he saw. The surrounding environment was an empty room, with its white walls and a polished wooden floor. The boy remained there, contemplating himself in the mirror, immersed in the quietness of the surrounding room.' It differs from the original text by not having a sequential narrative of events, but rather a static description of the environment and the actions of the character, without indicating temporal change, which is characteristic of the descriptive textual type.