Read the following excerpt.
The journalist spent a year researching the foreign government's sanctions. Finally, it was time to synthesize 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.
Using the context, the word "elicit" means (3 points)
declare
cause
criticize
end