Identify the part of speech for the underlined word. My mother spoke very harshly to me when she found out that I had broken curfew.
a.
adverb
c.
pronoun
b.
adjective
d.
interjection

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

Nothing was underlined

A

My mother spoke very "harshly" to me when she found out that I had broken curfew. Harshly is an ADVERB.

B). And I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man.

Explanation:

Whitman is one of the most loved and acknowledged American poets due to his ideals of democratic poetry, individualism, etc. In 'Song of Myself', he acknowledges and celebrates the affinity of mankind and democracy as he felt that all humans are common by their soul.

As per the question, the line that advocates Whitman's idea of every human being equal before the poet is displayed through option B as mentioned above. This line indicates his ideal of equality that every human being is equal before a poet regardless of gender or sex. Thus, option B is the correct answer.