Interjections - Express strong emotions or feelings
INTERJECTIONS
What are Interjections?
"An interjection is a single word or phrase that conveys strong emotions or feelings."
An interjection is a single word or phrase that conveys strong emotions or feelings. They are one of the parts of speech that can be used to express urgency, draw attention, or emphasize a point.
Interjection words or phrases can stand alone or be placed before or after a sentence. Many times an interjection is followed by a punctuation mark, often an exclamation point.
We use interjections for different purposes, including:
| Purpose | Interjection words: |
| • Greeting or to greet someone | : Hi! - Hey! - Hello! - What's up! |
| • Expressing joy and happiness | : Yay! - Yippee! - Yahoo! - Hurray! - Good! - Excellent! |
| • Showing approval and praise | : Bravo! - Congrats! - Congratulations! - Cheers! |
| • Expressing surprise | : Wow! - Gosh! - Dang! - Oh! - Goodness! - What! - Holy Smokes! |
| • Demonstrating grief or pain | : Ouch! - Ah! - Alas! - What a pity! |
| • Bidding farewell | : Bye! - Goodbye! - Farewell! - See you! - Take care! |
| • Expressing doubt or hesitation | : Hmm! - Uh! - Er! |
| • Expressing sorrow or unhappiness | : Well! - Shoot! - Whoops! - Yay! - Oh no! - Alas! - Oops! - Oh Dear! |
There are even group(s) & word(s) used as an interjection and they are: |
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| • Well done! | : Well done! You have done a good job. |
| • Good gracious! | : Good Gracious! He survived the accident. |
| • No way! | : No way! I can’t support that. |
| • Thank you! | : Thank you! Without you, I would not have been able to. |
| • My goodness! | : My Goodness! you gave me a start. |
| • Oh my goodness! | : Oh my goodness! I like that outfit. |
| • Oh my gosh! | : Oh my gosh, you’ve spoken way beyond expectations. |
| • Oh my God! | : Oh my God! That was unexpected. |
| • Oh, I see! | : Oh, I see! So the packaging is complete then? |
| • What's up? | : Hey! What’s up? |
| • Oh Dear! | : Oh dear! I feel really bad for what happened to you. |
| • Oh well! | : It’s time to leave? Oh well. |
| • Holy Smokes! | : Holy Smokes, Batman! |
| • Pardon me! | : Pardon me! I by mistake stepped on your bag. |
| • What a pity! | : What a pity! You have lost your tab. |
Common words used as Interjection are:
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Types of Interjections are:
Interjection can be divided into several kinds on various principles. They are:
Primary interjections
Secondary interjections
Cognitive interjections
Volitive interjections
Emotive interjections
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