Question

What dose the process of close reading help a reader do
A.understand how the story ends
B.analyze and critique the story
C.understand the story in just one reading
D.understand the literary elements of the story
E.comprehend the surface meaning of the story

Answer 1

Its answer is(B) analyze and critique the story.

Answer 2

The process of close reading helps a reader to

b. analyze and critique the story  

Close reading is the attentive and thorough interpretation of a piece of text which stresses on the particular over the general by close attention to each word, the syntax, the way of unfolding ideas in the sentences, as well as formal structures.