Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo. Here again good incense grows in profusion-I will tell you how. It is produced by trees of no great size, like little fir trees. They are gashed with knives in various places, and out of these gashes oozes the incense. Some of it even oozes from the tree itself without any gashing, in consequence of the great heat that prevails. What is most likely the author's purpose for including this detail about Dhofar? to convince readers of the benefits of using incense from Dhofar to entertain readers with tales of buying incense to educate readers about how incense is made in Dhofar to give readers instructions on how to make their own incense

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Ashlyn Cowan

13 April, 06:46

Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo. Here again good incense grows in profusion-I will tell you how. It is produced by trees of no great size, like little fir trees. They are gashed with knives in various places, and out of these gashes oozes the incense. Some of it even oozes from the tree itself without any gashing, in consequence of the great heat that prevails. What is most likely the author's purpose for including this detail about Dhofar? to convince readers of the benefits of using incense from Dhofar to entertain readers with tales of buying incense to educate readers about how incense is made in Dhofar to give readers instructions on how to make their own incense

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Conor Tran · Answer 1

The answer is: to educate readers about how incense is made in Dhofar.

In the excerpt from "The Travels of Marco Polo," the narrator intends to describe how people in Dhofar, in the Middle East, produce incense out of small trees similar to fir trees. Incense flows from the trees, with deep cuts made by man or just on its own, due to the high temperatures in the area.

The narration does not include the benefits of using incense, tales about buying it, or instructions on how to make it.

Jane Terry · Answer 2

the answer to this question is C