Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 113–115 · Part 2: Part II: The parts of speech in full
82. Interjections in full
Goal: Your child parses interjections and every word in a short sentence.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- Paper and a pencil (or a slate)
What's in the book
Lesson 113 explains interjections, Lesson 114 gives the order of parsing, and Lesson 115 a model with sentences in which to parse all the words.
The lesson, step by step
Review
Ask: What is an interjection?
Expressions of emotion
Read:
Interjections are expressions of emotion only.
Most words when used as exclamations may be treated as interjections
The book's example: "What! are you mad?"
The model and rule
Read:
Eh! is an interjection; it denotes some sudden emotion.
An interjection has no dependence upon other words.
Parse every word
The book says to parse all the words. Do one or two short ones fully:
Fie upon thee!
O excellent young man!
Then just find the interjections in:
Alas, what have I seen or known!
Check together
Check with the answers.
Use it today
Count the interjections in a lively story or comic.
Answers to the book's problems
Fie: interjection. upon: preposition, object thee. thee: personal pronoun, second person, singular, objective (object of upon). O: interjection. excellent, young: descriptive adjectives modifying man. man: common noun, masculine, second person, singular, nominative absolute (exclamation). Interjections: Hah; Ah, ha; Oh, Oh; O; Alas; Mercy (used as an exclamation); Fie; Soft (used as an exclamation); Tush, tush.
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