Which transitions are commonly used to indicate chronological order?

through, in the middle, near, beyond

in addition, most important, significantly, also

before, immediately, recently, after

Time order or sequence types of words are usually easily noticed when they have the following:  first, second, third, next, then, finally...so it can be hard to determine when you have the choices you have above.

Explanation: When canceling out the ones that do not fit to y our needed answer, I would get rid of 1, and 2.  The words before, immediately, recently, and after, are likely the best answer due to the way that they are like next, then, finally C would be the answer I would choose.

faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius:

his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed:

these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.

c (: when ulrich considers throwing georg the flask