Arrange the steps involved in close reading sequentially, from what you would do first to what you would do last..
tiles.
summarize what you read and highlighted..
take notes on your reactions to the literary elements you identified..
reread the story..
read the story from beginning to end..
annotate specific parts of the text by highlighting phrases or sentences and noting the literary elements used.

When aquinas realized that he could not find all the answers, he turned to

Based on the information in the passage, what conclusion can the reader make?

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.