In the first sentence of text 9A3-I, the word “it” refers to

GABARITO: Letra D

O pronome ''it'' faz referência ao mais importante avanço na tecnologia legal (mais conhecido como Legal Tech) no ano de 2018.

''If you were to judge 2018’s most important legal technology by looking at conference agendas and media coverage, you’d probably say it was the continuing development of artificial intelligence. ''

''Se você fosse dizer qual foi a mais importante tecnologia legal em 2018 pelas conferências ou pela imprensa, você provavelmente diria que foi o continuo desenvolvimento da inteligência artificial''. (Uma tradução aproximada)

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There are two referential devices that can create cohesion:

  Anaphoric reference occurs when the writer refers back to someone or something that has been previously identified, to avoid repetition. Some examples: replacing "the taxi driver" with the pronoun "he" or "two girls" with "they". Another example can be found in formulaic sequences such as "as stated previously" or "the aforementioned".

Cataphoric reference is the opposite of anaphora: a reference forward as opposed to backward in the discourse. Something is introduced in the abstract before it is identified. For example: "Here he comes, our award-winning host... it's John Doe!" Cataphoric references can also be found in written text.