- Read these sentences:
- Hurrah! The girls have won.
- Alas! He is dead.
- What! You have failed.
- Hush! Somebody is coming.
- Bravo! Well done, you have won.
- Oh! How beautiful the sky looks.
In the above sentences, the words Hurrah, Alas, What, Bravo, Hush, and Oh express some sudden feelings.
The words Hurrah, Bravo, Oh in the above sentences express feelings of joy, pleasure, and congratulation.
The word what expresses surprise here.
The word Hush expresses caution.
Such words are called Interjection.
- An Interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feelings of the mind or heart. It expresses some feelings of joy, grief, surprise, approval, hate, anger, etc.
- An Interjection is always followed by an exclamation mark (!).
- Some common Interjections:
Hurrah!, Ha! Ha!, Alas!, Ah!, Oh!, What!, Good God!, Bravo!, Well done!, For shame!, Hello!, Hush!, etc.