Prescribed Sindhi Prose and Poetry
How the textbook block is examined
The prescribed prose and poetry section draws extract-based questions: reference to context, explanation of a line, short factual answers, character or theme questions, and appreciation of a poem. You are not asked to retell the whole lesson; you are asked to prove close reading.
A card per lesson
For every prose lesson, record title, author, genre, setting, three main events, two characters with one adjective each, the conflict, and the message. For every poem, record poet, central theme, stanza-wise meaning, refrain, and two figures of speech - उपमा (simile), रूपक (metaphor), अनुप्रास (alliteration), मानवीकरण (personification). Memorise the opening and closing lines of each poem, because extracts often quote them.
Worked example
If a question asks 'What is the poet's prayer?', do not summarise the poem. Answer in two parts: the request ('give me strength to...') and the reason or condition attached to it. Quote the shortest phrase that proves your point, then explain it in one sentence. This earns both the explanation mark and the textual-support mark.
Traps
- Writing the story of the poem instead of its meaning.
- Mixing up the authors of two lessons.
- Answering from general knowledge rather than from the extract.
- For 'figure of speech', naming the figure without quoting the words that create it.
- For character questions, giving only a name and no incident.