B, D and E would be examples of onomatopoeia becuase onomatopoeia is any actual noises made, and b, d, and e would be examples of some such noises.
The illustrations help because it lets you see what the author is talking about and how the characters look lole
You could also use, "Also", or nonetheless.
The correct answer should be additionally.
The word additionally would provide the best transition between these two sentence. It is so because you have one idea in the first sentence, and then you want to show another idea very similar to the first one in the second sentence. Using additionally to convey that is the way to go.
I am not quite sure what you want because that is not a question. Therefore there cannot be an answer. But, if you were looking for an opinion on that sentence I can give you that. First of all, caressed may not be the right word to use. You could go into more detail though.
Such as:
The sun looked down upon the plant, it reached out and lifted it up from the rain.
It could be along those lines, I hope that helps I really didn't know what you wanted to hear.