Non-detailed text / supplementary reader
The supplementary reader
Non-detailed text questions ask about plot, character, theme, conflict, title, and moral. You are expected to know the story as a whole, not isolated lines.
Story map
- Setting: place and time that shape the conflict.
- Characters: protagonist, opponent, helper; one dominant trait each with evidence.
- Conflict: person against person, society, nature, or self.
- Turning point: the decision that changes the outcome.
- Resolution and theme: what the ending affirms or questions.
- Title: literal and symbolic meaning.
Worked example
Original story: a farmer hides his best seed instead of sharing it; his field yields less each year. When he finally shares, the next harvest improves. Question: What is the theme? Reasoning: the sequence is hoarding, decline, sharing, recovery. The causal link is not magic but pollination and trust; the title 'The Shared Seed' points to cooperation. Answer: prosperity grows through sharing, not selfish hoarding. Do not answer farming is hard; that is setting, not theme.
Character answers
Use trait plus action plus result. The farmer is selfish: he hides the seed, and his yield falls. Avoid labels without evidence.
Traps
Retelling the plot instead of answering the question; confusing the author with the narrator; ignoring the title; inventing a moral that the ending does not support; missing a question about before or after the turning point.