Correct answer: (C) Hypothetical reader addressed or presupposed by the text,rather than an actual individual.
Explanation
The implied reader is a textual role: the competence, expectations and responses that a work anticipates. It is not identical with any empirical reader, making C the definition. A states a broader reader-response idea, while B and D describe particular interpretive activities.
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