INTERJECTIONS

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INTERJECTIONS

• Our last part of speech!

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Once upon a time,

• there was a cave man named Clyde.

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One day,

• Clyde went out to have a picnic lunch of grilled
  snake meat and pickled pterodactyl eggs. He had
  just settled down to eat whenfrom the depths of
  the nearby peat bog- came and army of ants
  determined to carry away as much of his lunch as
  possible.

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Clyde was enraged! He sprang to his feet, raised
his club, and proceeded to bash as many ants as
he could!
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Unfortunately, in his enthusiasm, he got a wee
bit careless and accidentally whacked his big toe.
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Clyde expressed his discomfort and anger in
purely purple prose!
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Later that night,

• ..as Clyde sat around the campfire and told his
  family about his experience, he raised his club
  to demonstrate how he smashed the antsand his
  toe. As he told and retold his story, people
  began associating his raised club with times of
  emotion and instead of calling the words he used,
  purple prose,

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They called them interjections and used a picture
of Clydes club to mark them in their cave
paintings.
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However

• One member of the clan, mild mannered Ned
  Neanderthal, was not impressed. He said he
  always remained cool and calm and never used
  strong emotions. Yet, he did like to throw
  expressions like, well, and Oh, into his
  conversations. How could he show those words?

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The village elders met

• They came up with a wonderful idea. A club with
  a line through it would represent those mild
  words which Ned liked to throw into a sentence,
  and instead of following them with an exclamation
  mark, theyd put a little calmer mark after them.
• , instead of !

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The Long Island branch of the tribe had trouble
pronouncing calmer and turned it into the word
comma. That name stuck ever since!
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To this day, we honor Clyde and Ned. When we
throw in a word of strong emotion, we call it an
interjection and punctuate it like this in a
sentence
YIPE! The saber tooth tiger is coming this way!
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When we throw in a word that is mild and shows
little or no emotion, we still call it an
interjection, but we punctuate it like this is a
sentence
Well, I can see your side of the story.
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And thats the story of Clyde, Ned and
interjections!
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Lets Review . . .

• The interjection is the last of the eight parts
  of speech. Just for the record, here are all
  eight
• Noun
• Pronoun
• Adjective
• Verb
• Adverb
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Interjection
• Article is in here too!

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First, let's start with a basic definition

• An interjection is a word which is just THROWN
  into a sentence. It has no relationship to the
  rest of the sentence.

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INTERJECTIONS

• MOST OFTEN SHOWS STRONG FEELING OR EMOTION.
• YIPES!
• WOW!
• UGH!
• OUCH!

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INTERJECTIONS

• Interjections which show strong feeling or
  emotion are followed by an EXCLAMATION mark.
  Also, and EXCLAMATION mark usually comes at the
  end of the sentence that follows.
• Yipe! The river is over the bank!
• Ugh! Thats disgusting!

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INTERJECTIONS

• Use ! as a symbol for an interjection which
  shows strong feeling.

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INTERJECTIONS

• Sometimes an interjection does not show strong
  feeling or emotion. Oh, Ok, Well,
• Mild interjections are followed by a COMMA and
  the rest of the sentence.
• Oh, I didnt know that.
• Ok, Ill meet you at noon.
• Well, we could try again later.

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INTERJECTIONS

• The symbol for a mild interjection is an
  exclamation mark with a line through it.
• (!)

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INTERJECTIONS

• Clues in the SENTENCE determine whether the
  interjection is being used to show strong emotion
  or not.
• Well, I didnt know the reason. (mild)
• Well! See if I care! (strong feeling)

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Interjections

• Interjections may be followed by either commas or
  exclamation points.
• Examples
• Ouch!
• That hurt!
• Oh, what a wonderful movie!
• Great!
• What a terrific idea!
• Aha! I've found your secret!
• Alas, the poet was no more.

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WOW!

• Its almost time for the quiz!
• Take a moment to brush up on interjections.

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Interjection Quiz

• Identify the interjections in the following
  sentences.
• Goodness! He listened to the man's story and
  reported it to the police immediately!
• Oh, I haven't seen my brother since he left for
  college!
• Oops! I dropped the jelly.
• No! Don't touch that!
• Help! I'm about to fall!
• The poor dear was, alas, destitute and hungry.
• Wait! Don't leave me behind in this cave!
• Ah, I've heard that trick before.