Example:

Based on the novel you have read, describe an important event that changes the life of the main
character in the novel.

Steps to answer the novel

i) an important event –satu peristiwa penting question.
1. Read and understand fully
ii) change the life – mengubah kehidupan the question.

Based on the novel you have read, describe an

Steps to answer the novel important event that changes the life of the main
question. character in the novel.
2. Underline the keywords.

WHAT happened?
Richard aims his gun at a deer.
He purposely misfires.

WHERE did it WHO was there?

happen? Part of the story?
Richard, Pa and
In the woods. Richard goes hunting Gus.
with his father and his
brother.

WHEN did it happen? WHY did it happen?

In winter. Richard wants to avoid killing the deer.

Steps to answer the novel

question.
3. Map your ideas
(use I-Think diagrams)

WRITING TIPS!

Steps to answer
- Refer the novel
to the question.  Refer to the question. 
question.
Straight to the point. 
4. Write your response.
5. Check your answer Don’t write the synopsis. 
EVENTS QUESTIONS

1) Based on the novel you have studied, write about an event in the novel that you find to be the
most memorable.

Give reasons for your choice and support your answer with close reference to the text.

2) Based on the novel you have studied, describe an event that changes the life of a character in the
novel. Support your answer with close evidence from the text.

3) Based on the novel you have studied, describe a situation where one of the characters has done
an amazing deed.

Give reasons why you find this deed amazing with close reference to the text.

4) Based on the novel you have studied, describe an event which has taught you lessons about life.

Explain in details how the event teaches you the lessons, with close reference to the text.

5) Write a detailed account of an event in the novel you have chosen which teaches you an
important lesson.

With close reference to the text, give reasons and examples to support your answer.

6) Using the details from the novel that you have studied,

• Describe what happens at the end of the novel.

• Explain why you find the ending either happy or sad.

With close reference to the text, give reasons and examples to support your answer.

7) Based on the novel you have studied, write about an event that makes you angry?

With close reference to the text, give reasons why the event makes you feel this way.
8) Based on the novel that you have read write about an important incident that you remember. Give
reasons why you remember the incident.

9) Which part of the story do you like most?

Give reasons for your choice with close reference to the text.

10) Write about an important decision made by one of the characters. With close reference to the
text, explain how it affects the other character(s).