When close reading, in order to determine the theme of the passage one
asks:
1. What is the narrator's attitude?
II. What is the author's tone about the subject?
III. How does the author's organization contribute to meaning?
IV. What do the syntax, detail, and the figures of speech tell me?
V. What does the title mean?
O A. I only
B. I and II
C. I, II, and IV
D. I, III, and IV
E. I, II, III, IV, and V