MCA Reading Grade 7 Practice Questions - Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA-IV) Reading - Grade 7 Exam

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Read the passage excerpt from 'The Iron Docks of Duluth': "Iron ore, mined from the Iron Range miles to the north, poured down the steep steel chutes into the vessel's hold with a sound like continuous thunder." What effect does the author achieve by using the simile 'with a sound like continuous thunder'?

It emphasizes the overwhelming volume and power of the industrial loading process It suggests that a sudden rainstorm had broken out over Lake Superior It hints that the machinery on the dock was broken and dangerous It illustrates Thomas's fear of working near large steamships

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It emphasizes the overwhelming volume and power of the industrial loading process

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