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Stimulus

Most people who ride bicycles for pleasure do not ride until the warm weather of spring and summery arrives. Yet it is probably more effective to advertise bicycles earlier in the year. Most bicycles are purchased in the spring, but once shoppers are ready to shop for a bicycle, they usually have it is generally too late to induce them to change their minds.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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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The question

The main point of the argument

Answer choices

Correct89% picked this
bicycle advertisements are probably more effective if they appear before the arrival of
Why this is right
This is a nice match for the 2nd sentence. We can tell it's a conclusion because it's an Opinion belonging to the author, and it's supported (by the final two sentences).
Skill tested: Main Conclusion · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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Premise4% picked this
most bicycle purchasers decide on the brand and model of bicycle that they will buy before beginning to
This is showing us the second claim in the 3rd sentence, which was one of the three premises. This does not sound like an opinion, nor does the author offer any reason why we should believe this.
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Premise1% picked this
more bicycles are purchased in the spring than at any other
This is showing us the first claim in the 3rd sentence, which was one of the three premises. This does not sound like an opinion, nor does the author offer any reason why we should believe this.
1%
Premise Last-Claim Trap6% picked this
in general, once a bicycle purchaser has decided which bicycle he or she intends to purchase, it is difficult to bring about
This is showing us the 4th sentence, which was one of the three premises. This is also the final claim in the paragraph, which is a classic trap answer pattern on Main Conclusion. (The conclusion will sometimes be the final claim on Main Conclusion, but it's only like 10% of the time so we want to second-guess ourselves a little if we're thinking about saying the final claim is the conclusion).
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Background1% picked this
spring and summer are the time of year in which bicycle riding as a leisure
This is the 1st sentence, which wasn't really a premise. If anything, it's a counterpoint. We can tell, since the author pivots away from it with Yet. Since most people don't start riding until spring, you'd think it wouldn't make sense to advertise until spring. But the author goes in the other direction and argues, "No, actually, it makes more sense to advertise earlier in the year".
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