Tallulah: The columnist attributes the decline of interest in novels to consumerism, technology, and the laziness of people who prefer watching television to reading a novel. However, in reaching this conclusion, the columnist has overlooked important evidence. It is surely relevant that contemporary fiction is frequently of poor quality—indeed, much of professional journals, and books of other types are currently available.
What this question is testing
Your task
Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.
Common trap
Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.
Winning move
Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.
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