Question 20 of 20
2 points
read the following excerpt from mark twain's life on the mississippi
then such a scramble as there is to get aboard, and to get
ashore, and to take in freight and to discharge freight, all at
one and the same time, and such a yelling and cursing as
the mates facilitate it all with! ten minutes later the
steamer is under way again, with no flag on the jack-staff
and no black smoke issuing from the chimneys. after ten
more minutes the town is dead again, and the town
drunkard asleep by the skids once more.
how does twain use hyperbole in this excerpt?

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes