We can complete the sentence as "According to your textbook, a hypothetical example is an imaginary story that makes a general point," option 4.
<h3>What is a hypothetical example?</h3>
As the name suggests, a hypothetical example is simply an example that is not about a real story. It is an imaginary story, something fictitious, whose purpose is just to illustrate a point.
You can be reading a text where the author gives you a hypothetical example just to have you imagine a situation that proves his point. He can, for example, ask you to imagine yourself doing something that you would never do or have never done.
With the information above in mind, we can conclude that the answer provided above is correct. Option 4 is the best answer.
The complete question with the missing answer choices is the following:
According to your textbook, a(n) __________ is an imaginary story that makes a general point.
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