Interjections are parts of a dialogue, and they help in expressing sudden and internal feelings such as sorrows, emotions, excitement, and joy in any sentence. Interjections are usually grammatically independent from the main sentence; they stand independently, and they are punctuated through exclamation marks. Some of the mild interjections are incorporated within the sentence and are usually set off through commas. The ground rules for interjection begin with capital letters, and there is an exclamation sign at the end. For instance, Alas! Bravo! Ouch! Hurrah! Hush! Hello! Ahh! Among others. The lesson gives more details about interjections and its applications.
Interjection forms part of the speech, which entails: Noun, Verb, Pronouns, Adverb, Preposition, Interjection, and conjunction. An interjection is not very important for getting the precise meaning in the sentence. Hence, it is more commonly applied in informal communication or language than writing official documents or speech. It is often used to add exclamation within a sentence.
The sole purpose of interjection within a sentence is to express or show one’s emotions or feelings, a sudden remark, and an abrupt feeling outburst. Examples of sentences without and with interjections are shown below.
From the two sentences above, it is clear that in the second sentence, we incorporated the word “Wow” to express a strong emotion or feeling. Hence, it is the interjection in that sentence.
The following list entails some of the common interjections that are used in the day to day communication.
There are over six different types of interjections; they are categorized according to the emotion they express. Some interjections express joy, greeting, surprise, Attention, Sorrow, and Approval whenever they are applied within the sentences.
These interjections are incorporated within a sentence to express emotions related to warmth or affection to a person one is meeting with, maybe for the first time in the morning. Examples of greeting interjections are shown below.
The bolded words in the examples above are the greeting interjections in a sentence.
They are the interjections that are used in a sentence to express happiness or lively mood on any happy moments or occasions such as wedding ceremony, graduation ceremony, or when an individual or a team has succeeded in performing a specific task successfully. Hence, it is used to express happiness when someone achieves a certain level of satisfaction. Examples of these interjections are highlighted below.
These interjections are added to a sentence to draw the listener or audience’s Attention or keep the audience more attentive to a given subject matter under discussion. For instance:
These interjections are included in a sentence to show a sense of agreement for something which has occurred. See the examples below:
These interjections are incorporated in the sentence to express the intense feeling of surprise concerning occurrences. Words such as What! Ha! Ah! And Oh! Are among the common interjections. See the sentences below for more illustrations.
These interjections are used as an expression for the emotions related to sadness concerning some unfortunate occurrences. For instance, Oh! Ah! Ouch! Oops! Among others, such interjections. See the examples below for illustrations.
There are interjections that individuals apply in sentences to show their anger concerning some unfortunate occurrences related to someone’s carelessness or mistake. For instance:
Some interjections in a sentence are commonly used as phrases in the sentences; some are highlighted below.
What the hell! Good Lord! Oh no! Oh my God! Goodness, gracious! What Goodness! What the heck! Among others.
There are some guiding principles for the use of interjections which are highlighted below.
Interjections are portions of speech which entails: Pronoun, Noun, adverb, verb, adjective, conjunction, and interjection, among others. Interjections are incorporated to express feelings and internal emotions, which are inexpressible using words in a sentence. However, you don’t have to use interjections to bring meaning out of a sentence, and the sentence is clear even without interjections. There are different interjections such as Happiness, Sadness, Sorrow, Anger, Surprise, among others. The interjection rule can either be applied at the beginning of the sentence or the end.
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