Use the following text passage to answer the question.

There is a difference between the term social networking and the purpose of social network sites, as described in an article by Boyd and Ellison.

Which part of the text passage is a signal phrase?

Is a difference
The purpose of
As described in
Boyd and Ellison

f to pay respects

The signal phrase in the given text passage is "As described in" because it introduces the source (Boyd and Ellison) of the information that follows.