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The hidden part is in the middle somewhere. Most likely hidden in a paragraph break. That way they include it when selecting all the visible text.
Why would an essay assignment have multiple paragraphs of instructions?
To make it easy to hide the prompt injection between the paragraphs 😁
I've definitely had English essays that were like, "read the short story presented below and then explain how the author used literary devices to express their purpose."