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How to Build a Fossil

“The rain also turned the hillside above into mud. Some of the mud began to slide, faster and faster, down the hill. And right in the middle of breakfast, Wham! The poor iguanodon was rudely buried under a ton of mud.”

Why does the author use the word wham in the sentence?

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to explain to the reader how mudslides work
to explain to the reader how mudslides work

to help the reader understand how unexpected the mudslide was
to help the reader understand how unexpected the mudslide was

to describe to the reader how noisy the mudslide was
to describe to the reader how noisy the mudslide was

to describe to the reader how the iguanodon caused the mudslide
to describe to the reader how the iguanodon caused the mudslide
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The correct response is:

to help the reader understand how unexpected the mudslide was.