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What part of speech is in the word italic? the word audience is the word in italic

Shelly's beautiful dance thoroughly captivated the *audience*

A noun
B verb
C adverb
D adjective ​

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Answer:

A. noun

Step-by-step explanation:

A "noun" refers to a name of a person, place, thing, location, event, etc.

In the sentence above, the word "audience" stands as a noun. In a specific sense, it is a collective noun. It is used to identify a group of people or spectators. This means that the audience is spectating on the beautiful dance of Shelly.

Take note that a "verb" is an action word, an "adjective" is used to describe a noun or pronoun while an "adverb" is used to describe a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

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