Yes they are both forms of a noun.
Hear are other examples of nouns:
Sydney, boy, Paris, city and desk.
If you have it, it is a noun
Answer:
The Middle East is a transcontinental region in Afro-Eurasia which generally includes Western Asia, all of Egypt, and Turkey. The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East beginning in the early 20th century.
I think it is B. That makes most sense.
Answer:
As there are no words in italics, here is the list of all the words in this sentence together with parts of speech:
Shelly - a noun which represents person's name (proper noun)
and - a conjunction
her - an adjective (possessive form of she), also called possessive determiner
beautiful - an adjective (describes the noun 'dance')
dance - a noun
thoroughly- an adverb that modifies the verb 'captivated'
captivated - a verb (past tense of 'to captivate')
the - a definite article
audience - a noun
B. To create tension between the characters
