Interjections Classes Converted words Wishes, etc. Interjections are not, in the stricter sense, parts o speech. They do not enter into the structure of th sentence. They accompany the expression of thought and express emotion or will. Tone, stress, inflection have quite as much to do with the meaning as do the sounds or words uttered. A single sound, like ah! may be made to express various emotions. Some of the expressions used as interjections are: Joy, gladness, pleasant surprise, - Oh! hurrah! huzza! Contempt, dislike,- Fie! pshaw ! fudge! Calling attention,- Halloo! ho there! While almost all the parts of speech are occasionally used as interjections, there are, in addition to words like those already given, others more freq ently used: Imitative words, -Bang! whiz! pop! bow-wow rub-1dub-dub! Relics of oaths, - Heavens! Hell! Zounds! Egad! Interrogatives and emphatic adverbs, — How! why! what! indeed! well! Expressions shading off into wishes, commands, and expressions of address: |