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99. Concetta: Franchot was a great writer because she was ahead of her time in understanding that industrialization was taking an unconscionable toll on the family structure of the working class.

Alicia: Franchot was not a great writer. The mark of a great writer is the ability to move people with the power of the written word, not the ability to be among the first to grasp a social issue. Besides, the social consequences of industrialization were widely understood in Franchot’s day.

In her disagreement with Concetta, Alicia does which one of the following?

A.        accepts Concetta’s criterion and then adds evidence to Concetta’s case

B.        discredits Concetta’s evidence and then generalizes from new evidence

C.        rejects Concetta’s criterion and then disputes a specific claim

D.       disputes Concetta’s conclusion and then presents facts in support of an alternative creterion

E.        attacks one of Concetta’s claims and then criticizes the structure of her argumen

the answer is C, after reading the explanation , i know C is correct ,but what's wrong with D? Help !!!!!

stevegt

D.       disputes Concetta’s conclusion and then presents facts in support of an alternative creterion

The problem with D is that Alicia does not state facts, but just her own opinion about what a great writer should be.

gifile

D.       disputes Concetta’s conclusion and then presents facts in support of an alternative creterion

As we knew from the passage,"Franchot was not a great writer." was a piont of view which was absolutely rejected by Alicia.She did nothing to dispute this conculsion .And ,furthermore,in her opinion,there is no specific facts or evidence to support her creterion.The word "besides" means the following meaning is parallel to the content above."The social consequences of industrialization were widely understood in Franchot’s day" does nothing with the creterion or the conclusion.We can not say that ,because the consequences of industrialization were widely understood ,Franchot was not a great writer.Obiviously, they are irrelevant.