Question

1. in the sentence \they admired those paintings,\ what is the function of the word \those\? it adds emotion. it replaces a noun. it points to specific paintings. it describes an action.

Explanation:

"Those" is a demonstrative pronoun. It is used to point to specific, plural - noun entities (in this case, paintings). It doesn't add emotion, replace a noun (it's not a substitute for another noun here), and it doesn't describe an action.

Answer:

It points to specific paintings.