Use the following words in sentences of your own as the parts of speech indicated in parentheses. 1. this (adjective) 2. those (pronoun) 3. Barbie (noun) 4. hard (adverb) 5. hard (adjective)

There are eight parts of speech in the English language: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The part of speech indicates how the word functions in meaning as well as grammatically within the sentence.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."