Interjection – Types and Examples
An interjection is a word or a set of words that expresses a strong feeling.
- Interjections are words or phrases that show strong feelings or emphasis.
- They have no grammatical relationship to words in a sentence and can stand alone.
- They do not change the meaning of a sentence; instead, they add emotion or emphasis.
- Interjections are usually found in dialogue and are not found in academic or formal writing.
Examples:
- Wow! What a beautiful painting.
- Hurrah! Our team has won the series.
Kinds of Interjection:
1. The Interjection of Greeting:
Expresses the emotion of warmth to meet with any person.
E.g., Halloo! Ho! Hi! Hello!
2. The Interjection of Joy:
Expresses joy or express instantaneous pleasure and happiness on a particular occasion.
E.g., Hurrah! Ha! Ha! Wow!
3. The interjection of sorrow:
Expresses sorrow or the emotion of sadness.
E.g., Ah! Ah me! Alas!
4. The Interjection of Surprise:
Expresses surprise or express the feeling of surprise for any incident that has happened.
E.g., Oh! What! Well
5. The Interjection of Approval:
Expresses approval or express approval or any agreement in a sentence.
E.g., Well done! O.K!
6. The Interjection Attention:
Expresses attention or used to get someone’s attention towards us.
E.g., Listen! Look! Behold! Hush.
- An interjection that expresses a strong emotion can stand alone before or after a sentence. An exclamation mark follows such interjections.
Oh, no! I wrote horse instead of hoarse.
Oh my God! We’ve won!
- When an interjection expresses a milder feeling, it appears as part of the sentence. In that case, it is separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
Oh, I thought I knew the definition of that word.
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