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Parts of Speech Interjections
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Part Definition Example
Noun A person, place, thing, or idea. Under the clouds, we felt like fish swimming in suntan oil. Pronoun A word that takes the place of one or more nouns Electra thought that her tattoo was larger than she expected. Verb A word or phrase that expresses action or a state of being The movie starts at 9:00. (action) The movie is terrible. (being) Adjectives A word that modifies a noun or a pronoun That new blue sports car has aluminum rims. It also has a high-tech GPS system. Adverb A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb I instantly realized that I had just insulted the mayor and that she was quite angry with me. Interjection A word that expresses strong feeling or emotion Ouch! That hurts. Well, that’s finally over. Oh, you don’t mean that. Wow! What a great idea.
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Interjections Separated from the rest of the sentence by an exclamation point (!) or a comma (,). The sentence still has meaning without the interjection. Use very sparingly.
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