Scary Good Tool 3: Interjections
What are we going to learn about now, Mr. Butt?
Rats! Yahoo! Darn! Yippee! Do you know what those words mean?
That you’re schizophrenic?
No, rats, yahoo, darn and yippee are interjections. Interjections show excitement (rats and darn) or emotion (yahoo and yippee). They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong. Let’s learn more about them in a splendid little poem.
Rats! Yahoo! Darn! Yippee! Do you know what those words mean?
That you’re schizophrenic?
No, rats, yahoo, darn and yippee are interjections. Interjections show excitement (rats and darn) or emotion (yahoo and yippee). They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong. Let’s learn more about them in a splendid little poem.
Eek!
Eek! I see a mouse.
Gasp! He’s the size of my house.
Ouch! He stepped on my toe.
Hey! He ate my Uncle Joe.
Darn! He ate my mother.
Drat! He ate my brother.
Great! He’s going away.
Oh no! He’s eating Aunt Fay.
Uh oh! He’s coming in my direction.
Dear me, I have no protection.
Gee, I wish I had a colossal cat.
Oh well, I guess that’s that.
Gulp.
So you see, Bonefish, interjections show excitement (Drat!) or emotion (Great!). They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong (oh well,).
Boy, I sure would like to write some of those interjections.
I’m glad you feel that way because here’s a lesson.
Boy, I sure would like to write some of those interjections.
I’m glad you feel that way because here’s a lesson.
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Lesson Review
I’m all done, Mr. Butt.
Let’s hear what you wrote.
Rats! I lost my cell phone.
Hurray! Grandma is coming for a visit.
Darn! They canceled my favorite television show.
Awesome! This game is what I wanted for my birthday.
Yuck! We're having goose liver pâté and stuffed artichokes for dinner.
Very good, Bonefish. Those interjections certainly show excitement and emotion. But I must say I’m surprised you don't like goose liver pâté and stuffed artichokes. That’s gourmet food.
Let’s hear what you wrote.
Rats! I lost my cell phone.
Hurray! Grandma is coming for a visit.
Darn! They canceled my favorite television show.
Awesome! This game is what I wanted for my birthday.
Yuck! We're having goose liver pâté and stuffed artichokes for dinner.
Very good, Bonefish. Those interjections certainly show excitement and emotion. But I must say I’m surprised you don't like goose liver pâté and stuffed artichokes. That’s gourmet food.
Yummy!
Well, I don’t like it. I prefer moose liver pâté and stuffed aardvarks. You ever have a good stuffed aardvark? Tastes like chicken.
If it tastes like chicken, I’d rather have Kentucky fried.
Kentucky fried aardvark? I've never heard of that.
No, Kentucky fried chicken. Oh never mind. Just remember that interjections are one more tool in a Scary Good Writer’s toolbox.
If it tastes like chicken, I’d rather have Kentucky fried.
Kentucky fried aardvark? I've never heard of that.
No, Kentucky fried chicken. Oh never mind. Just remember that interjections are one more tool in a Scary Good Writer’s toolbox.
Kentucky Fried Aardvark Indeed!
