Which of the following statements about connecting paragraphs is correct?
a. a good connection between two paragraphs is an implied transition.
b. you can use a pointing word that that refers to a word in the previous paragraph.
c. you can't state an idea in paragraph 2 that's related to an idea in paragraph 1.
d. two paragraphs may be joined by an action verb

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance