What does the process of close reading help a reader do? understand how the story ends
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analyze and critique the story
understand the story in just one reading
understand the literary elements of the story
comprehend the surface meaning of the story

Analyze and critique the story

Explanation:

Close reading helps you analyze a text through thoughtful reading. It helps you focus on the significant details or patterns Omni order to develop a deeper understanding of it.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

go i think this should he the answer i'm not sure