Identify the part of speech that corresponds to the underlined word in each sentence.
(1)ragtime² is one of the ancestors of jazz. (2) it was popular from the 1890s until² the end of the first world war. (3) in ragtime² music, melodies are syncopated. (4) the style derived from street bands in new orleans, st. louis, and² memphis. (5) it was related to a popular dance at the turn of the century called the “cakewalk².” (6) scott joplin is probably² the best-known of the ragtime composers. (7) maple leaf rag is still played regularly today². (8) hey², wasn’t that one of our school band’s songs? (9 scott joplin actually wrote² a ragtime opera called a guest of honor. (10) have you² heard of jelly roll morton?
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The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago.which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.