Eventually, rainsford tires from the chase. he finds himself at the edge of the island, high on a cliff, looking out at the sea below. behind him, zaroff is quickly approaching with the hounds. rainsford knows he has run out of choices and is trapped. rainsford, however, has not reconciled himself with the idea of being shot by zaroff or torn to pieces by his hounds. before zaroff reaches him, rainsford leaps into the sea. which transition best fills in the blank? clearly for instance in addition then

Clearly

Explanation:

Transitions are words or phrases that connect ideas, sentences, or paragraphs in order to make the ideas flow smoothly and better. There are many types of transitions, for example, some are used to denote time (like then, after, at last), to add information (such as in addition to and besides), to illustrate or give examples (for instance) and to show emphasis on some point or action (like clearly, indeed and above all).

The blank is missing a transition that puts emphasis on what's happening and Rainsfords' actions, therefore, the transition that best fills in the blank is Clearly.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the correct answer would be d.