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In the initial grades, a common deviation in students' writings is the omission of the graphic accents and this may extend to other school phases. A Fragmented and disjointed teaching of graphic accents at school may be the explanation for this fact. In general, graphic accents are taught through a series of rules that must be memorized by students. In addition, the relationship between syllabic structure, tonicity and graphic accent is not considered. In this article, our objective is to propose a graphical accentuation algorithm and a parsimony protocol. This proposal considers the relationship between syllabic structure, tonicity and graphic accentuation. It also considers marked and unmarked phonological aspects of Portuguese. We believe that the proposed algorithm can contribute to the teaching of graphic accents in schools and also to a more conscious use of graphic accents by more proficient writers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]