Read this excerpt from an argumentative essay.

community service must be added to the graduation requirements for our high school students. this will instill our youth a sense of duty that in-class lectures fail to convey. students will be required to serve; and, they will recognize the needs of our county.

which transition word would best replace the underlined word?
a. however
b. finally
c. nevertheless
d. consequently

(the word and is underlined)

D. Consequently.

Explanation: Transitions are words and phrases that provide a connection between ideas, sentences, and paragraphs. Transitions help to make a piece of writing flow better. In the given excerpt from an argumentative essay, the transition word that would best replace the word "and" is "consequently" because this word joins a cause with its consequence: Students will be required to serve; consequently, they will recognize the needs of our country.

D. consequently, because you will always learn from your actions

the awnsers b

explanation:

the answer to "what does the narrator realize by the end of the story" is b.