Question

Which phrase most helps the reader conclude that the author’s purpose is to persuade?
"What? I am to cultivate my mind in the street, on the platform, in the train, and in the crowded street again?” Precisely. Nothing simpler!
“cultivate my mind”

“on the platform”

“crowded street”

“nothing simpler

Answer 1

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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Answer 2

The phrase which most helps the reader to conclude that the author’s purpose is to persuade is:

• D. “nothing simpler"

The phrase which helps the reader to reader to understand that the aim of the author is to persuade is the use of the words "nothing simpler"

This follows immediately after the word "precisely" which shows that he is trying to convince the reader that it the option which he is proposing would be the most simple of all others and should be followed.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D

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