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              Presents…..

        INTERJECTIONS !

Interjections are words that show emotion. They are not grammatically related to the rest of the sentence.

A: aha, ahem, ahh, ahoy, alas, arrggg, aw        B: bam, bingo, blah, boo, bravo, brrr      C: cheers, congratulations, cool           D: dang, drat, darn, duh

E: eeek, eh, encore, eureka,      F: fiddlesticks          G: gadzooks, gee, gee whiz, golly, goodbye, goodness, good grief, gosh

H: ha-ha, hallelujah, hello, hey, hmmmmmm, holy buckets, holy cow, holy smokes, hot dog, huh?, humph, hurray

O: oh, oh dear, oh my, oh well, ooops, ouch, owww        P: phew, phooey, pooh, pow        R: rats       S: shhhhh, 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

    
                   (Cough! Cough! Cough!)
                
When Reginald was home with the , uh-huh-huh,
The doctor knew just what to do-hoo.
He cured the infection
With one small injection
While Reginald uttered some interjections..

Hey! That smarts!
Ouch! That hurts!
Yow! That's not  givin' a guy a shot down there!

Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or emotion (Ouch!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a  when the feeling's not as .

Though Geraldine played hard to get, uh-huh-huh
Geraldo knew he'd woo her ye-het
He showed his
Despite her objections
And Geraldine hollered some interjections...

             
     Well! You've got some nerve!
    Oh! I've never been so insulted in all my life!
    Hey! You're kinda cute!

Interjections (Well!) show excitement (Oh!) or  (Hey!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

So when you're happy (Hurray!) or sad (Aw!)
Or frightened (Eeeeeek!) or mad (Rats!)
Or excited (Wow!) or glad (Hey!)
An interjection starts a sentence .

The game was tied at seven all, uh-huh-huh,
When Franklin found he had the ba-hall.
He made a connection
In the other direction,
And the crowd started shouting out interjections...

           

     Aw! You threw the wrong !
     Darn! You just lost the game!
     Hurray! I'm for the other team!

Interjections (Aw!) show excitement (Darn!) or emotion (Hurray!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not .

So when you're happy (Hurray!) or sad (Aw!)
Or frightened (Eeeeeek!) or mad (Rats!)
Or excited (Wow!) or glad (Hey!)
An interjection starts a sentence right.

Interjections (Hey!) show  (Hey!) or emotion (Hey!).
They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

Interjections show excitement or emotion,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah... YEA!

Darn! That's the end!