<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>
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Explanation:
General Editor’s Preface
The reception given to a writer by his contemporaries and nearcontemporaries isevidence of considerable value to the student of literature. On one side we learna great deal about the state of criticism at large and in particular about thedevelopment of critical attitudes towards a single writer; at the same time, throughprivate comments in letters, journals or marginalia, we gain an insight upon thetastes and literary thought of individual readers of the period. Evidence of thiskind helps us to understand the writer’s historical situation, the nature of hisimmediate reading-public, and his response to these pressures.
Answer:
C. It creates an atmosphere of mystery
Explanation:
The passage gives out a few clues:
1. two am
2. stealthy step
3. long black shadow
4. man with a candle
5. notice the 2 key words in the middle of the passage, stealthy and cautiously
(for reason #5 i'm sure they weren't pointed out for that reason, it's just something that I noticed and was a huge hint for me)