Identify the part of speech for the underlined word in the sentence:

after the tiring game, i quickly went to get ice cream and celebrate our hard-fought victory!

a-)noun

b-)verb

c-)preposition

d-)adjective

after is underlined.

The difference between the present reservoir, with its silent sterile shores and debris-choked side canyons, and the original glen canyon, is the difference between death and life. glen canyon was alive. lake powell is a graveyard. which word best contributes to the author’s sad tone?