A cause-and-effect relationship is signaled by the words "But since."
The answer is C, I believe. Hope this helps!
Things are compared with other things to:
1. give them a deeper meaning
2. explainations
3. To show similarites
C. Comment on the way that people trusted the media too much.
In the preamble show, the uses of words such as justice and tranquility is to be used as a Diction.
In the show, Diction is the choice of words that you use or the speaking style that you want to use in your speech.
The answer is C.
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