Which activity related to selecting a topic for a literary analysis essay involves examining each element of the text carefully? A. drafting B. rewriting C. close reading D. editing

I believe the answer is C. close reading

Explanation:

"Close reading is thoughtful, critical analysis of a text that focuses on significant details or patterns in order to develop a deep, precise understanding of the text's form, craft, meanings, etc."

Editing is changing mistakes found in your essay

Drafting is creating a smaller version of the document and presenting it

Rewriting is well, rewriting the document from the start to improve it

Also, hence the name "close reading"

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

answer: a

explanation: a because she needs to study for her test and get grades for it