D. clear
an adjective describes a noun and clear is describing the waters
<span>b.During the first stage of development
</span><span>d.In the next stage
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Transition words such as first and next can signal that a text structure is in chronological order. Other transition words that can also be used are then, second, last. Even though some of the content area words would indicate the developmental stages of a baby. These do not clearly show chronological order.
There was a lion in the cage and it was very ferocious.