WEEK 5 – Parts of
Speech: Conjunction & Interjection
CONJUNCTION
Conjunction: A
conjunction is a word or words used to join other words, phrases, or clauses.
Joining words:
apples and pears, dogs or cats
Joining phrases:
on the top and on the bottom; hitting the books and sleeping eight hours
Coordinating conjunctions: and, but,
for, nor, or, so, yet (or “fanboys”)
Correlative conjunctions: These pairings of words join two or more
words with words, phrases with phrases, and clauses with clauses
either … or;
neither … nor;
not only … but also;
both … and;
whether … or
Adverbial conjunctions join subordinate clauses
with main clauses
Examples:
although, if, because, since
Generally, conjunctions
appear within the sentence. On rare occasions,
a conjunction may begin a sentence or paragraph.
INTERJECTION
Interjection:
An interjection is a word or group of words expressing emotion or
feeling, however slight. Also, this part
of speech doesn’t fit into any of the other categories of the parts of speech.
Examples: Well, I don’t think so.
Marvelous! You have done an incredible
job.
Oh no.
This is terrible.
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