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Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections. American Lit. Prepositions. Preposition: word that relates the noun or pronoun that appears with it to another word in the sentence -prepositions show relationships between separate things  See chart on pg. 388.

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Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections

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  1. Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections American Lit

  2. Prepositions • Preposition: word that relates the noun or pronoun that appears with it to another word in the sentence • -prepositions show relationships between separate things •  See chart on pg. 388

  3.  Prepositional Phrases: contains a prep. and a noun or pronoun known as the object of the prep. • Who is the famous actor in the movie? • We walked around the building. • I am the one who called inside the house.

  4. Preposition or Adverb? • Remember that a prep. must appear with an object of the prep. •  Joe Louis sidled around the ring. • The boxer slowly looked around. • He fell down the stairs. • He fell down.

  5. Conjunctions • Conjunction: work used to connect other words or groups of words • There are three kinds of conjunctions: coordinating, correlative, and subordinating • Coordinating: these connect words or groups of words • EX: Melody and Susie went to see the movie.  • These conjunctions are : and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet

  6. Correlative: also join equal elements in sentences, but they always work in pairs • EX: He was not only intelligent, but also handsome. • These conjunctions are: both…and, not only…. but also, either…or, neither….nor, whether….or

  7. Subordinating: join two complete ideas by making one of the ideas subordinate (dependant) on the other • EX: You may go to the game if you wash the dishes. • See chart on pg. 391

  8. Conjunctive Adverbs: used as conjunctions to connect complete ideas. Often used as transitions, creating a bridge between different ideas by showing comparisons, contrasts, or results. •  EX: The film was great; nevertheless, I prefer the book. •  See chart on pg. 392

  9. Interjection • Interjection: word that expresses feeling or emotion and functions independently of a sentence • can express a variety of feelings such as joy, fear, anger, surprise, exhaustion, dismay, or sorrow  • Interjections are often set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or exclamation point • Some interjections include: ah, aha, alas, dear, goodness, gracious, hey, hurrah, oh, ouch, psst, tsk, well, whew, wow

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