Answer:
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The connective here is "in the same way".
This connective can be rephrased in the following ways, and it would keep its meaning then:
Similarly,
Similar to this,
Not unlike this
etc.
We see here that the connective shows a comparison (this is the correct answer) - the two things are similar!
Simply just to tell them to stop or force them off it