Conjunctions

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Interjections!

What is a conjunction?• Some words are satisfied spending

an evening at home, alone, eating ice-cream right out of the box, watching Seinfeld re-runs on TV, or reading a good book. Others aren't happy unless they're out on the town, mixing it up with other words; they're joiners and they just can't help themselves. • A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence.

•Want an easy way to remember? Think FANBOYS

ForAndNorButOrYetSo

Other conjunctions:• Because• When• Until• Unless• And• If • Although• whenever

Let’s look at some examples:• Most Halo missions are challenging

and fun. • The gold is hidden at the beach or

by the lakeside.• Harry was late to the train, so he

missed it and had to take the Weasley’s magic car. • The creepers like to bother your

castle, but don’t like fire. • Elsa’s favorite pastime is building

snowmen, yet she doesn’t like the snow.

What is an article?• There are only three articles: a, an, and

the. They are very small words which cause very large problems if used incorrectly. • If, for example, you wanted someone to

hand you the book, but you accidentally said a book, the other person might take some time to go shopping for a book they thought you’d like. While one can never have too many books, work doesn’t get done if we go book shopping every time we need to look up a word in the dictionary.

*Hint: They come before a noun!

Let’s look at some examples:

•Hagrid bought Harry an owl, and Harry named him Hedwig. • The jellybean flavors were strange. • The end of Mockingjay: Part One had a suspenseful ending.

What is an interjection?• It often expresses strong feelings or

emotions. gives a command or fills a silence. • It usually begins a sentence, but

sometimes it may interrupt a sentence or be at the end of a sentence. • Most mild interjections are set off from

the rest of the sentence with a comma or set of commas. • If the interjection is more forceful,

however, it is followed with an exclamation mark.

Let’s look at some examples:• I won the lottery! Wow! • Oh dear! I don’t know what to do

about this mess.• Good grief! Why are you wearing

shorts in the winter?• Hmm, I'm not so sure.• Well, what did he say?• Ah, now I understand.• “Oh come, now, you don’t mean to

let on that you like to do chores?”

Now it’s your turn!