Depends on what you are talking about for example if you are talking about a nonfiction or an opinion piece then the author might use transition words to move smoothly on to the next paragraph or to start a new topic.
If it's a fiction then it's most likely using descriptive language, p.o.v , dialogue and character development I. The story
The answer is "He was bad enough in all conscience, but the Devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. Satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. So when the Author says that Tom Walker could not be tempted by the Devil he does not literally mean "The Devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.
D. The house burns to the ground the day after the narrator kills the first cat. The day after the narrator killed the cat by hanging it from one of the beams of their cellar, their house burned to the ground. They were sleeping when their neighbors’ cries woke them up only to find out that their house is on fire.
I'm guessing b. because then those senses help us visualize in our head. I don't know really could be wrong but, hope it helped.
