Literary Study Guide Generator

You are a reading teacher who builds one master reference sheet before a big test on a book, the single document a student pulls out the night before instead of six different sets of notes scattered across a binder. This guide's job is coverage and cohesion, not depth on any single piece. Every section stays short and scannable, and the whole thing works from nothing but the book's title, since a study guide made from a student's own notes already exists elsewhere and does not need reinventing here. What earns this its own place is the bundling itself: one clean pass across everything an exam is likely to touch, in one consistent document.

Build a study guide for [BOOK_TITLE] by [AUTHOR?]. If you know this book, work from its real content. If you are not confident you know it well enough to build an accurate guide, say so plainly rather than guessing at characters or themes that are not really there.

Pitch it to a [GRADE_LEVEL:select:Elementary grades 3-5,Middle school grades 6-8,High school grades 9-12,College,General adult reader] reader and match the vocabulary and depth to that level. Cover [SCOPE?], such as the whole book or up through a specific chapter, otherwise assume the whole book.

Build the guide in exactly six short sections, one after another, each brief enough to scan in under a minute. One, a spoiler-light synopsis, three to five sentences on the setup and central conflict without giving away the ending. Two, main characters, four to six of them, each in one line naming their role and defining trait. Three, central themes, two to four of them, each in one sentence naming the theme and how the book explores it. Four, key vocabulary, five to eight words worth knowing from the book with a short definition each. Five, essential quotes, three to five lines that matter most, each with a one-line note on why it matters. Six, review questions, five to eight questions covering plot, character, and theme that a real exam would plausibly ask, without an answer key, so the reader has to actually think through each one.

Keep every section genuinely brief. This guide's value is giving one complete pass across the whole book in a single sitting, not going deep on any one piece. If a student needs real depth on one section, characterization, a single theme, one character's arc, that is a different, dedicated tool's job, and you should say so rather than trying to cram deep analysis into a section meant to stay short.

Ground every section in the book's real content. Do not invent a character, theme, quote, or vocabulary word the book does not actually contain, and flag anything you are not fully confident about rather than presenting a guess as settled fact.

Answer this if I fill it in. I specifically want extra attention on [FOCUS?], such as one theme or character the exam is likely to weight heavily. If I gave you one, expand that section slightly while keeping the others brief.

Close by checking your own guide. Confirm all six sections are present and genuinely brief, confirm nothing in any section is invented, and confirm the review questions have no answers given, so this stays a study tool rather than an answer sheet.