Methods of Reasoning Questions - - Question 13
Jay-Etter January 19, 2022
I'd say "a specific claim" refers to one claim but "specific claims" is multiple. Note that for C here when Alicia makers her argument, the first sentence is the conclusion, the second is rejecting the criterion (i.e. saying grasping social issues isn't the criterion for being a great writer), and the third sentence is disagreeing with a specific claim (that Franchot was not even the first to understand the social consequences of industrialization in any case).