Answer: “Fake news” is a term that has come to mean different things to different people. At its core, we are defining “fake news” as those news stories that are false: the story itself is fabricated, with no verifiable facts, sources or quotes. Sometimes these stories may be propaganda that is intentionally designed to mislead the reader, or may be designed as “clickbait” written for economic incentives (the writer profits on the number of people who click on the story). In recent years, fake news stories have proliferated via social media, in part because they are so easily and quickly shared online.
Explanation:
The correct answer among the choices provided is option A. A group of related words containing a subject and predicate is a clause. It is classified into two kinds namely the independent and dependent clauses. Independent clause can stand alone while the dependent clause can not.
C uses the most positive form of an adverb
C. B and D don't make any sense, and A isn't a transitional sentence.