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Read this sentence from the passage.

Second, there is the New York of the commuter—the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night.

What is the effect of the author's choice of devoured rather than eaten in this sentence?


It better suggests how insects look when they are eating.

It better implies how the city reacts when commuters come.

It more clearly describes how commuters absorb the city when they come to work.

It more closely represents the inundation of commuters coming to the city.

Answer 1

The correct answer to this question is:
C. It more clearly describes how commuters absorb the city when they come to work.

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Answer 2

Obviously letter C or third option.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because as in comparison with the last option it implies ( as the author does too) the is a workers whole-absorbed city and not only eaten or inundated as other options claim, since those kind of words (in these case verbs) state less aggressiveness and abrasiveness to the sentence in question.