An artistic

[ankit1383]

An artistic presence of the first order, one frequently ranked with Picasso, Stravinsky, and James Joyce, Martha Graham was acclaimed as a great dancer long before her innovative masterworks made her the most honored of American choreographers.
(A) Martha Graham was acclaimed as
(B) Martha Graham was acclaimed to be
(C) Martha Graham’s acclaim is as
(D) Martha Graham’s acclaim to be
(E) Martha Graham’s acclaim was in being

An artistic presence of the first order, one frequently ranked with that of Picasso, Stravinsky, and James Joyce, Martha Graham's (artistic presence) was acclaimed ... change the rest of the phrase to modify artistic presence and not Martha Graham.

But OA is different

[4meonly]

This sentance is correct, so answer is A

An artistic presence of the first order, one frequently ranked with Picasso, Stravinsky, and James Joyce, Martha Graham was acclaimed as a great dancer long before her innovative masterworks made her the most honored of American choreographers.

(A) Martha Graham was acclaimed as
Correct

(B) Martha Graham was acclaimed to be
acclaimed to be is not as good as acclaimed as

(C) Martha Graham’s acclaim is as
(D) Martha Graham’s acclaim to be
(E) Martha Graham’s acclaim was in being
This sentence speaks about Martha Graham, not about Martha Graham’s acclaim, so C-D-E are out

[ronniecoleman]

IMO A

An artistic presence of the first order, one frequently ranked with Picasso, Stravinsky, and James Joyce, Martha Graham was acclaimed as a great dancer long before her innovative masterworks made her the most honored of American choreographers.
(A) Martha Graham was acclaimed as

acclaimed as correct idiom

(B) Martha Graham was acclaimed to be

acclaimed to be --wrong idiom
(C) Martha Graham’s acclaim is as

Wrong in two sense:
1. Modifying phrase An artistic...... illogically modifies Martha' claim
2. made her the most... her illogically refering to claim


(D) Martha Graham’s acclaim to be

wrong idiom + above two reasons
(E) Martha Graham’s acclaim was in being

being -- wrong + above two reasons