Determine the part of speech for each underlined word. You will use all 8 types but ONLY one time each! The corresponding letters become your code!
Q-noun b-pronoun c-adjective d-verb e-adverb f-preposition
g-conjunction h-interjection
Saint Patrick's Day celebrates a Christian Saint named Patrick who was a missionary
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that helped bring Christianity to Ireland. In the United States, the day generally
celebrates Irish-American culture and heritage. There are a number of traditions and
ways to celebrate on this day. Most major cities have some sort of St. Patrick's Day
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parade. The city of Chicago has a unique custom where they dye the Chicago River
green year. The best way to celebrate St. Patrick's is to wear green because it is
the main color and symbol of the day. Some people even dye their food green! Other
fun traditions of the holiday include the shamrock, leprechauns, Irish music played
with bagpipes, and eating corned beef and cabbage - yummy!
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Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds.beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. as the green smoke arose, their faces flashed out pallid green, and faded again as it vanished. then slowly the hissing passed into a humming, into a long, loud, droning noise. slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it.forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men. it was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame. it was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire.then, by the light of their own destruction, i saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run.which options accurately describe how the author develops the plot in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction decreases the tension in the plot because the narrator is simply standing by.the narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction keeps the tension steadily increasing as the narrator comes to realize the men are being killed.the narrator is distracted by his own observations of the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he doesn't react as quickly as he should when the men are killed, thus extending the tension in the plot.the narrator is attentive to the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he immediately understands what has happened when the men are killed, increasing the tension in the plot.