If you were an interjection by Nancy Loewen
If you were an interjection you could express a feeling like:
~YIPPEE! BRAVO! WAHOO! GEE WHIZ!
If you were an interjection, you would be a word or phrase that shows strong feeling or emotion like:
~SHOOT! I can’t find my wallet.
~OH! I found it. SUPER!
If you were an interjection, you would often be used with an exclamation point like:
~OOPS! I didn’t mean to bump into you.
~OH NO! I spilled my milk.
~YIKES! What a mess!
If you were an interjection, you could also be used with a question mark or a comma.
~WELL? Are you coming?
~HUH? What did you say?
~OH, let’s buy some tickets.
~If you think I’m going on that ride, WELL, think again!
If you were an interjection, you would show feeling. You could show surprise and excitement. You could show disgust and fear.
~HOORAY! Here comes the parade.
~WOW, do you see how much candy the clowns are throwing at the crowd?
~YUCK! I’m glad I don’t have to march behind that horse, because it poops as it marches.
If you were an interjection, you could get a person’s attention with a greeting or a farewell like this:
~GOODBYE, Sammy!
~HELLO, Mr. Gates.
~HEY, where are you?
~YOO-HOO! I’m over here!
If you were an interjection, you could be a filler word. You would give the speaker more time to get his or her thoughts together like this:
~WELL…..HELLO, I seem to have lost the note cards for my speech.
~UH, where did you get those note cards?
~That’s, UM, a good question---a very good question indeed.
If you were an interjection, you could be total nonsense and still add meaning to the sentence, like this:
~OHH-LA-LA, don’t you look nice!
~GADZOOKS! We’re in trouble now!
~BY GOLLY, you’re right!
If you were an interjection, you could be a simple word used in many ways.
~OH, I don’t know if we can catch him.
~OH? You really think we should try this?
~OH! That’s really gross!
You would give the language a boost if you were an interjection!
