Simone is writing about food handling safety in the United States. In her initial argument, she stated that food safety has continually improved each year. While further researching her topic, she finds the chart below that shows how many food illnesses were reported over a four-year period.



What would be the best way for Simone to respond to this new information?

A. She could ignore the chart and pretend that she did not discover it.
B. She could include only the years during which food illness outbreaks decreased.
C. She could argue that an increase in outbreaks in only one year is not significant.
D. She could change “continually” to “usually” and say that food safety usually
improves each year.