Question

Read the following excerpt from "The City Without Us" by Alan Weisman:
In a future that portends stronger and more frequent
hurricanes striking North America's Atlantic coast,
ferocious winds will pummel tall, unsteady structures.
Some will topple, knocking down others. Like a gap in the
forest when a giant tree falls, new growth will rush in
Gradually, the asphalt jungle will give way to a real one.
Which statement best describes the effect of the simile on the excerpt's
meaning?
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A. It compares the city's fallen structures to giant trees in a forest
whose collapse allows undergrowth to take over,
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B. It likens the power of the ferocious winds of hurricanes to the
mighty forests of gigantic trees.
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c. It exaggerates the gap the toppling structures create to show
what a space each would leave in its absence.
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D. It gives the winds a voice as if they were living beings, sounding
ferocious while aggressively wiping out buildings.
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Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

A. It compares the city's fallen structures to giant trees in a forest  whose collapse allows undergrowth to take over.

Explanation:

The term simile refers to what is similar, similar. Thus, this word is much used when comparing two elements / objects of different contexts, but that have some common characteristic, establishing the similarity.

In this section we can see that the author used simile when he compared the fallen structures of the city with giant trees in a forest whose collapse allows the understory to take over.