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What part of speech is the word in italics? Shelly and her beautiful dance thoroughly captivated the audience. Noun Verb Adverb Adjective

italics; beautiful

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I believe it is an adjective

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User Tzvetlin Velev
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The correct answer is D. Adjective

Step-by-step explanation:

In grammar, the main function of an adjective is to describe a noun, this means adjective say how an animal, person, place, etc. is. Examples of adjectives include words such as blue, big, slow or angry. In the case of the sentence "Shelly and her beautiful dance thoroughly captivated the audience" the word in italics "beautiful" is an adjective because this word describes or modifies the noun "dance" by explaining Shelly's dance was aesthetically pleasing.

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