It means present, at the time, happening currently.
Try re-reading the text and find evidence on why you think your answer is right even if it takes and hour you will benefit from trying harder than ever and if you ever have to do this again you will be able to do it by your self
It does not adress the content of what is said but the way it's presented. Therefore also applies to rhetoric since whenever you say anything to promote anything you use rhetoric so that the listener would become interested in whatever it is you are trying to promote
