1. (02.03 lc)
the floodgates on lake granite falls had to be opened as rainfall totals mounted. rivers and creeks downstream from the lake are running dangerously high.
which sentence uses the best transition to link these sentences? (3 points)

a. the floodgates on lake granite falls had to be opened as rainfall totals mounted; even so, rivers and creeks downstream from the lake are running dangerously high.

b. the floodgates on lake granite falls had to be opened as rainfall totals mounted; as a result, rivers and creeks downstream from the lake are running dangerously high.

c. the floodgates on lake granite falls had to be opened as rainfall totals mounted; otherwise, rivers and creeks downstream from the lake are running dangerously high.

d. the floodgates on lake granite falls had to be opened as rainfall totals mounted; nevertheless, rivers and creeks downstream from the lake are running dangerously high.

i think it’s d but i’m not sure

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

According to the study, a is when you string one quote after another in an essay without connecting them

Me i will give brainiest which excerpt from the passage most effectively contributes to the development of the theme that the bond between fathers and daughters is sacred and everlasting? '"may i not see the little one, sir, for a moment? ' it was his belief that mini was still the same." "i remembered the day when the cabuliwallah and my mini had first met, and i felt sad. when she had gone, rahmun heaved a deep sigh, and sat down on the floor." "this touch of his own little daughter had been always on his heart, as he had come year after year to calcutta to sell his wares in the streets." "he came close up to me holding out his offerings with the words: 'i brought these few things, sir, for the little one. will you give them to her? "'