Directions: Choose the correct part of speech for the word in italics.

Alas! he is dead.

'Alas!' is an interjection - a word or phrase that expresses sudden emotion, feeling, or surprise. Interjections are grammatically independent and can stand alone, often followed by an exclamation mark. Common examples include oh, wow, ouch, and alas. Nouns name things, verbs show action, and pronouns replace nouns - none of which apply here.