Determine the part of speech for the capitalized word in the sentence below.
The purple flamingo flapped outrageously as the blue alligator closed in for the ATTACK.
noun
verb
adverb
adjective
preposition
interjection
An ATTACK is a noun, even though it might seem as if it's not. It is an abstract noun and not a verb because the verb would be "to attack". Here it refers to the act of attacking, or, the attack.
