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What part of speech is the word in italics?

Shelly's
beautiful dance thoroughly captivated the audience.

Noun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective

User Davidfowl
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Answer:

shelly represents a person's name,therefore the word is noun.

Beautiful is an adjective as it describes the activity that shelly was carrying out.

Dance is a verb. It is the action that shelly was performing beautifully.

Throughly is an adverb as it modifies or qualifies the veb dance.

Captivated is a verb which describes how the audience watched the dance.

Audience is a noun that represents the people who were watching shelly dance.

I hope it's helpful!

User Simd
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the word is an adjective
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