17.) use sentence 1.
ragtime
adjective
adverb
preposition
noun **
18.) use sentence 2.
until
adjective
adverb
preposition **
noun
19.) use sentence 3.
ragtime
adjective ***
adverb
preposition
noun
20.) use sentence 4
and
noun
pronoun
conjunction **
adverb
21.) use sentence 5.
cakewalk
noun
pronoun
verb
adverb***
sentence 1.) ragtime* is one of the ancestors of jazz
sentence 2.) it was popular from the 1890s until* the end of the first world war.
sentence 3.) in ragtime* music, melodies are syncopated
sentence 4.) the style derived from street bands in new orleans, st. louis, and* memphis.
sentence 5.) it was related to a popular dance at the turn of the century called the "cakewalk".*
96 pts

The function of given words in the different sentences provided would be as follows:

17). - d). Noun

18).  - c). Preposition

19).  - a). Adjective

20). - c). Conjunction

21).  - a). Noun

17). Noun are described as the words that are employed to refer to the name of an individual, object, etc.

Since 'Ragtime' in sentence 1 denotes the name of a style or pattern of music, it would be considered as a 'noun.'

18). Prepositions are the words that denote association of a noun, noun's referrent(pronoun), or even phrases to the sentence's other components.

In sentence 2, 'until' is linking the phrase 'the end...War' to the previous part of the sentence, it is the preposition.

19). Adjectives are the words that are used only to add detail or description to the sentence by qualifying a noun.

In the sentence 3, 'ragtime' is the adjective as it modifies 'music,' the noun, by adding description about it.

20). Conjunction are characterized the expressions that help link two words, clauses, or often phrases in a sentence.

'And' in the sentence 4 is joining the two band names 'New Orleans' and 'Memphis' and hence, it is the conjunction.

21). In the sentence 5, 'cakewalk' is the noun at the object's place that give the name to the famous dance style towards the century's end.

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17. Ragtime-Noun.

18. Until-Preposition.

19. Ragtime-Adjective.

20. And-Conjunction.

21. Cakewalk-Noun.

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

it’s either d.) or a.) but i’m pretty it’s d.)

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