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Interjections are short exclamations Or Expressive Words which show someones emotions.
Interjections show excitement and emotion.. Theyre generally set apart from sentence by an exclamation mark (!) or by a comma when the feelings not as strong
When interjections are inserted into a sentence, they have no grammatical connection to the sentence.
Types of Interjections
Interjections to express greeting.
Examples : Hello!
Example : Alas!
List of interjections
A: aha, ahem, ahh, ahoy, alas, arg, aw
B: bam, bingo, blah, boo, bravo, brrr C: cheers, congratulations
G: gadzooks, gee, gee whiz, golly, goodbye, goodness, good grief, gosh
buckets, huh?, humph, hurray O: oh, oh dear, oh my, oh well, ooops, ouch, ow P: phew, phooey, pooh, pow R: rats S: shh, shoo T: thanks, there, tut-tut U: uh-huh, uh-oh, ugh W: wahoo, well, whoa, whoops, wow Y: yeah, yes, yikes, yippee, yo, yuck
Examples
1. Ouch! I stubbed my painful toe on the coffee table.
2. Cool, my mom is letting me redecorate my room. 3. Wait! I dont know what the heck youre talking about. 4. Yeah! I scored three tickets to a Red Sox game!