C is the answer I did the test
It depends on the verbs in brackets. you want them present or past tense? let me know to help you!
<span>Freedom of speech is important for the media because this allows them to bring the faults made by the government in front of the people without the fear of any kind of backlash. People will be allowed to give their dissent and the media can easily print them without thinking about the consequences. </span>
I don't know if it's a multiple choice question or not, but these are some words that would work. Secretive, cryptic, introverted, shy, or uncommunicative. By the way you spelled because wrong.
By using the process of elimination, I think the answer is imagery. The author never uses ht words "like" or "as" (simile), or uses repetition of a sound (alliteration), or a sound said like a word (onomatopoeia).
Hope this helped. good luck my dude