A rhetorical purpose question asks:

A What the passage is about

B Why the author includes a specific detail, example, or paragraph

C What vocabulary means

D Where a sentence should go

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Rhetorical purpose: why is this here? To illustrate, contrast, support, refute, introduce? Look at surrounding context.

💡 Why is B) the correct answer?

The correct answer to the question "A rhetorical purpose question asks:" is Option B: Why the author includes a specific detail, example, or paragraph.

The other options — A) What the passage is about, C) What vocabulary means, D) Where a sentence should go — are incorrect for this TOEFL Exam Prep question. As explained above: Rhetorical purpose: why is this here? To illustrate, contrast, support, refute, introduce? Look at surrounding context.

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A rhetorical purpose question asks:

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

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