Read the following excerpt. Using the context of the paragraph, select the word that best completes the sentence.
The journalist spent a year researching the foreign government's sanctions. Finally, it was time to _____________________ all of the relevant information that he had learned. His editor asked him to write a comprehensive article for the first piece in the series that was sure to win awards, inform the public, and elicit significant change in foreign policy.
A. synthesize
B. elicit
C. invoke
D. evoke