The correct answer is A. reliable.
The writer was 'an authoritative source' because of her degrees, guest appearances, etc. Thus, she was a source you could rely on, she was reliable, given that she had experience to back her ideas up. Therefore A is the only correct answer.
I am pretty sure that the <span> type of satire which criticizes society in a harsh and sarcastic way is </span>B. Juvenalian. I consider this type of satire as a correct one because this device is usually used in order to express <span>the purpose of social criticism, which nicely coincides with your question.
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Answer:devour
Explanation:Devour according to Oxford dictionary refers eat all something quickly because you are extremely hungry this gives the same feeling or idea as the feeling provided by the word swallow .
Connotations refers to the feeling or an idea that we get from a certain word besides it's literally meaning.
When we hear the word swallow the idea that comes to mind is that someone just gobble up something and we get the same feeling with the word devour.
Connotations create an emotional attachment to that word.
