Using Interjections to Show Emotion in Writing

The video tutorial teaches how to use interjections to convey emotions in writing. It explains different types of interjections, such as those expressing excitement, disgust, surprise, fear, and confusion. The tutorial includes examples and practice exercises, guiding students to revise a narrative draft by adding interjections to enhance character emotions. The lesson concludes with a call to apply these techniques in personal writing to make it more descriptive and engaging.

Which of the following interjections would best express excitement?

• Huh

• Yuck

• Hooray

• Eek

What punctuation is typically used after an interjection to show strong emotion?

• Question mark

• Period

• Exclamation point

• Comma

In which situation might an interjection be followed by a period?

• When showing excitement

• When showing surprise

• When showing confusion

• When showing disgust

Which interjection would you underline in the sentence: 'Wow! That was amazing!'?

• Was

• Amazing

• Wow

• That

How can interjections enhance a narrative?

• By using complex vocabulary

• By adding more characters

• By making it longer

• By showing emotions rather than telling

What interjection might Courtney use to express fear?

• Wow

• Hooray

• Yikes

• Yes

Which sentence best demonstrates the use of an interjection to show excitement?

• 'Oh no, not again,' she sighed.

• 'Yes! We did it!' he shouted.

• 'Hmm, I wonder why,' he pondered.

• 'Oops, I dropped it,' she said.