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Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below.

While their parents were quietly talking, Lilly shrieked "Mine!" as she grabbed the toy from Ollie.
noun
verb
adverb
adjective
preposition
interjection
 

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Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below.

While their parents were quietly talking, Lilly shrieked "Mine!" as she grabbed the toy from Ollie.
noun
verb
adverb
adjective
preposition
interjection

None of the words in that sentence were italicised!
 

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If you are referring to "mine". It is a possessive pronoun and as used here without an accompanying "it is" (the toy).
 
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