<span>The students should make an educated guess. In Close Reading, students should analyse the text and pull out key information which infers what will happen next in a story, generally the author provides clues as a story builds up to a conclusion or event, and the sequence of events is evident within the written narrative.Hope this helps. Let me know if you need additional help!</span>
Narrative distance refers to the difference between the character's point of views and the reader's point of view. All the characters in a story exist with some amount of distance between themselves. Close and distant narrative styles simply refer to the amount of distance between the readers and the characters. Hope this helps.