I think in d of my little pics the acceleration is negative because the slope of the tangents are negative.
and decreasing (getting closer to 0, I suppose that is really increasing, how confusing) because the gradent of the tangents is becoming less steep with time, the curve is concave up.
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In f the acceleration is also negative but the it is increasing - becoming more negative because the gradient is getting steeper - the curve is concave down.