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Read the thesaurus entry and sentence.
hoax: trick, fraud, deception
Max was disappointed when he discovered that the entire contest was actually a hoax.
What is the function of the word hoax in the sentence above?
noun
adjective
adverb
verb

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
noun

Explanation: "a hoax" uses the article "a" plus the noun "hoax," meaning a trick or deception.