PPT: Interjections

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An interjection is a word that 
expresses strong feeling.
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An interjection is a word that 
expresses strong feeling.
? An interjection at the beginning of a 
sentence is followed by an exclamation 
mark or comma at times.
etc: 
? Wow! That was the best goal of the entire 
tournament.
? Oh, I forgot to bring my book!
? Great! We can leave now.
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An interjection is a word that 
expresses strong feeling.
? An interjection at the beginning of a 
sentence is followed by an exclamation 
mark or comma at times.
etc: 
? Wow! That was the best goal of the entire 
tournament.
? Oh, I forgot to bring my book!
? Great! We can leave now.
? Interjections are not words that are 
connected as other parts of a sentence, 
but merely sounds standing by 
themselves.
? Interjections are also used to express 
some types of emotion such as disgust 
(yuck!), joy (yeah!), excitement, 
enthusiasm, etc.
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An interjection is a word that 
expresses strong feeling.
? An interjection at the beginning of a 
sentence is followed by an exclamation 
mark or comma at times.
etc: 
? Wow! That was the best goal of the entire 
tournament.
? Oh, I forgot to bring my book!
? Great! We can leave now.
? Interjections are not words that are 
connected as other parts of a sentence, 
but merely sounds standing by 
themselves.
? Interjections are also used to express 
some types of emotion such as disgust 
(yuck!), joy (yeah!), excitement, 
enthusiasm, etc.
? Interjections have no grammatical relation 
to any word or group of words in the 
sentence (independent elements).
etc:
? Alas! This is the end.
? Hey! Do you know where you’re going? 
? Bah! That’s all nonsense. 
? Oh! I can’t believe that.