Which best describes the author’s purpose in including a list of cycling slang in Chapter 2 of Wheels of Change?

A list of cycling slang shows readers the words and expressions people used when cycling became popular in the 1890s. Its purpose is to give an entertaining glimpse of the era’s language, not to argue against cycling, limit who could cycle, or urge readers to use the old terms today. The best answer is D, to entertain readers by showing how people referred to cycling in the 1890s.

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