The given passage above is actually quoted from MartIN Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" in 1963. The author's purpose for including this sentence is that, the author wanted to convey to the reader that s<span>egregation must end immediately. Hope this answers your question.</span>
The diction of the story depend on the plot anh the theme of the story so you need to make the question more specific to answer.
The answer is D.<span><span>producers to consumers and decomposers
A producer like a plant are eaten by a consumer like a cow and when the cow dies it is decomposed by the decomposers </span></span><span />
a. like
it says Like in the second line.
Like and as are used for similes. Thats why it cant be B or D and it doesnt say as so A. Like would be the answer.