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

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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d. it compares the speaker reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker

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annie´s footprints are on the kitchen floor. the triplet who is telling the truth is danny.