Chapter 13
I. Interjections. 1. What is an interjection? It is not, in a proper sense, a part of speech, since it does not combine with other parts to form the sentence. It is a word used to indicate some sudden or strong emotion as O
Ah Dear me Ah me 2. What is true of the signification of interjections? As they serve to indicate feeling rather than to communicate thought, they cannot be said to have
any closely definable signification, although different forms are used to express different emotions. 3. Name the principal interjections. The letter O O
O H O Ah Ha Hurrah
Huza Elas Well a day Dear me Hi ho
Ho Fudge Indeed Oh dear Peshaw
Harumph Hush Hissed Tut tut Honor
Hail Hark Welcome Hallo Goodbye
Good day Farewell Adieu 4. What do interjections mean? Interjections express
Joy as Ha Ha 2. Sorrow as Oh
Ah Elas 3. Exultation as Hurrah 4. Discuss as
Fi Fudge Peshaw 5. Wonder as Indeed
Strange 6. Sudden call as Hello Hem Ho
7. Salutation as Welcome Hail All hail 8. Parting as
Goodbye Farewell Adieu 9. Attention or silence as Hark
Behold Hush 5. Order, gentlemen, order Explain the use of the emphasized words
These words are used after the manner of interjections but they have the significance of the imperative in the expression Come to order and should be disposed of in the same way 6. What are the chief characteristics of the interjections? Independence, exclamation, and the lack of any definable signification
7. Where in sentences are interjections generally placed? At the beginning. However, they may be placed after a sentence, or in between its parts, or be used alone, as Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness Victory is ours, hurrah!
We eagerly pursue pleasure, but alas, we often mistake the road that leads to its enjoyment 8. Should an interjection always be immediately followed by an exclamation point? It should, unless closely connected with some other word or words in the sentence as Fie, how angry he is
Fie upon thee, knave 9. How is OH to be distinguished from the letter O? A distinction between the use of OH and O is insisted upon by some But most of the best writers use both forms indiscriminately, though the form letter O is now most commonly employed
10. Give some quotations from eminent writers and proof of the above The letter O Oh, for a kindling torch from that pure flame Wordsworth Letter O
Oh, what a rapturous cry Macaulay Letter O Oh, Eldon, in whatever sphere thou shine Macaulay
Oh H Oh, fear not in the world like this Longfellow Letter O Oh, sweet angel
Longfellow Letter O Thou hath stole seasons for thine own Oh, death, Mrs. Heamons Letter O
Oh, tis a lovely thing for youth to walk in wisdom's way Dr. Watts Letter O Your voiceless lips, O flowers, Horace Smith Letter O
Carefully hoard the moments, O vain, dreaming man J. L. Egleston For you the public prayer is made Oh H Oh, join the public prayer
For you the sacred tear is shed Letter O Oh, shed yourselves a tear Calper Letter O
How unworthy of the brave and great Pope End of Section 13
