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Summarize Argument
The author argues that the region needs to find new ways to help business grow. The author provides two main ideas to support this argument. First, he references shoe manufacturing, which used to be a major industry, but is no longer as successful due to international competition. Secondly, as further support for the conclusion, the author says that the region’s public policy is detrimental for business growth.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is that the region needs to implement changes that support business growth: “This region must find new ways to help business grow.”
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Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████
a
The region needs ██ ████ ███ ████ ██ ███████ ████████ ███████
This is the claim that the rest of the argument works to support, so this is the main conclusion. The rest of the argument provides a reason for why the reader should believe this idea.
b
Shoe manufacturing is ██ ██████ █ █████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ███████
This is a premise that provides support for the idea that there is a need for expansion into new manufacturing areas. This answer provides support for a sub-conclusion, so it is not the main conclusion
c
Shoe manufacturing in ███ ██████ ███ ████████████ ████████ ███ ██ ████████ ████████████
This is a premise that gives an explanation for why shoe manufacturing has declined, so this is not the main conclusion.
d
Business in the ██████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ █████ ██ ██████████████
The argument does say that there is a need for expanding into new manufacturing areas, but saying that this “must” happen is too strong and is unsupported. Further, this idea is not the main conclusion.
e
Outdated public policy ████████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████
This is a premise that provides support for the conclusion; the fact that the public policy is outdated is a reason that the region must find new ways to help business grow.