Close Reading short story (fairy tale) Analysis of "Stone Soup" by Robert Louis Stevenson and the nonfiction text, "Eating Lunch". Both are texts centered around eating healthy foods. Analyzing texts is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain an understanding of breaking down lines of poetry. These two texts cover text evidence, drawing conclusions, making inferences, point of view, setting