What is Interjection

What is Interjection

An interjection is a word that expresses strong feelings and emotions. Although they are considered one of the eight parts of speech, they are not grammatically related to a sentence, unlike other parts of speech. An interjection can show a wide variety of emotions such as anger, surprise, joy, disgust and excitement. Since interjections express strong feelings and emotions, they are mostly used in informal language.

Interjections can be in the form of a single word, phrase, or even a short clause. They are mostly used at the beginning of sentences.

Sounds (oops, mmmm, phew, ah, etc.), introductory expressions (yes, no, well, indeed, etc.), adjectives (nice, pretty, awesome, etc.) and nouns can act as interjections.

The following table contains some common interjections.

Examples of Interjections

Here are some examples of interjections used in sentences.

Aha, we weren’t expecting that.

Cool! You got a new video game for your birthday.

Indeed, I agree with you.

Hey! Get off that car!

Well, I need to go home now.

She dumped her creepy boyfriend. Way to go!

Whoa, slow down.

Eww! That was disgusting!

Hooray! We won the race.

Yum, this is so tasty. Give my compliments to the chef.

Wow, I love your dress.

We are in Mrs. Anderson’s class. Oh, the horror!

What? are you sure?

Oops!

You might have noticed that different interjections use different punctuation marks. This is because different interjections express different emotions.

Exclamation Mark: Exclamation mark is the most commonly used punctuation with interjections. It is used to express strong emotions like excitement and anger.

Eww! Are you going to eat that?

Comma: Commas are used to express weaker emotions.

Ah, that feels good.

Question Mark: Question marks are used to express uncertainty or disbelief.

Oh really? I never thought she would do something like that.

Although interjections may seem to be an insignificant part of grammar, this is a very important part of grammar since it can be difficult to express feelings and emotions in written language.

Interjections – Summary

• An interjection is a word that expresses strong emotions and feelings such as anger, disgust, joy, enthusiasm and surprise.

• An interjection is not grammatically related to a sentence.

• Interjections can be in the form of a single word, phrase, or even a short clause.

• Interjections are generally found at the beginning of a sentence.

• Nouns, noun phrases, adjectives, introductory expressions and sounds can be used as interjections.

• The three punctuation marks exclamation marks, commas and question marks can be used with interjections depending on the type of emotion expressed.