Question

Which phrase most helps the reader conclude that the author’s purpose is to persuade?

Answer 1

The right answer is nothing simpler 

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Answer 2

The answer is:  [D]:  "Nothing simpler" .
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  Note:  This phrase is used after the word, "Precisely."  Furthermore, the word, "Nothing",  is an "absolute" word.  
   
       Given the fact this phrase, "Nothing simpler!",  is used after the word, "Precisely"—as a "single direct word" in a oral quotation (and as a single direct phrase as "repetition") — suggests the author's purpose to persuade (as opposed to the other answer choices given).
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