The ENEM intervention proposal: how to write it, with the 5 elements and examples

C5 asks for a detailed, feasible proposal that is tied to your text's discussion and always respects human rights. Saying “the government should fix the problem” is not enough. The board wants to know who acts, what they do, how, to what end, and in exactly what way. A generic proposal scores little; a detailed one, connected to what you argued, scores well.

Keep these five as a checklist. The ideal proposal contains all of them:

1. Action — what should be done (create, expand, implement).
2. Agent — who carries it out: a specific ministry, schools, the media, NGOs, families. The more precise, the better.
3. Means — how the action happens; the “by means of” that makes it feasible.
4. Purpose — what it is for, the effect expected; this ties the proposal to the problem.
5. Detailing — a deepening of any of the previous elements: an example, an extra explanation, a consequence. This is what separates a complete proposal from a merely correct one.

This is decisive: proposals that violate human rights zero out Competency 5, however well written. That includes any suggestion of inhumane punishment, exclusion of groups, violence, or suppression of rights. The solution must be constructive — education, public policy, inclusion, oversight within the law — not punitive in a way that harms anyone's dignity. When in doubt, ask: “does this respect the dignity of everyone involved?”

Hypothetical theme: countering disinformation on social media. A proposal with the five elements identified:

The Ministry of Education (agent) should promote media literacy (action) by including in high-school curricula classes on source-checking and spotting fake news (means), so as to form citizens able to critically assess what they consume and share (purpose) — reinforced by partnerships between schools and fact-checking agencies for practical workshops across the year (detailing).

Note that the proposal is specific (not “the government should educate people”), feasible, and tied to the problem discussed. That is the standard C5 rewards.

• A generic proposal — “we must raise awareness,” without who, how, or to what end.
• A vague agent — “the authorities” or “society” with no specifics.
• Missing detailing — the first four elements appear, but nothing is deepened.
• A disconnected solution — the proposal has no link to the problem raised earlier.
• Harming human rights — the gravest error, which zeroes out the competency.

A quick test: reread your last paragraph and mark the five elements one by one. If any is missing, the proposal is incomplete. That is hard to do alone, because we tend to “see” elements that were only in our heads. Nudge Buddy is built for that check: it points out, as a question, what your proposal is missing — and you complete it in your own words. It writes nothing for you and is not an AI detector. Free, with the ENEM preset and the five competencies.