Conjunctions &

Interjections
English II
Interjections
Interjection a word or phrase that
expresses emotion or exclamation. It has
no grammatical connection to other words.

Well, such is life.
Ouch! That hurts.
Ah, thats delicious!
Sh! Be quiet.

Conjunctions
Conjunction a word that joins single words or groups of
words

Coordinating conjunction joins words or word groups
that have equal grammatical weight in a sentence

Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join words and
word groups of equal weight in a sentence

Coordinating Conjunctions
And But Or Nor For Yet so
Coordinating Conjunctions
Examples
The Cardinals have won 19 National League Titles,
and they have won 11 World Series Championships
as well.
The Rangers have been to the World Series twice,
but they have failed to win a championship.
The Cardinals must win tomorrow, or they will be
eliminated.
The concept of The Force is fascinating, for Darth
Vader returns to the good side before he dies.

Correlative Conjunctions
Both . . . And Neither . . . nor
Either . . . or Not only . . . but (also)
Just as . . . so Whether . . . or
Correlative Conjunctions
Examples
Mizzou excels not only in football but also in
basketball.
Either turn in your typed essays or fail the
course.
The Lexus 450h is both luxurious and stylish.
The St. Louis Rams can neither pass effectively
nor run decisively.


Subordinating Conjunctions
Introduces a subordinate, or dependent,
clause, one that cannot stand alone as a
complete sentence.

The audience screamed when Eminem
appeared on the stage.
Wherever he appears, people flock to see
him perform.
Subordinating Conjunctions
After As though Provided (that) Until
Although Because Since When
As Before As long as Whenever
As far as Considering
(that)
So that Where
As if If Than Whereas
As long as Inasmuch as Though Wherever
As soon as In order that Unless While
Subordinating Conjunctions
Whenever these 13 subordinate conjunctions are
followed by a subject and a verb, their clause is
dependent and cannot stand alone as a
sentence.

Dependent clauses are sentence fragments.
Therefore, every time you see one of the 13
subordinate conjunctions followed by a S and V,
that clause is a fragment and must be corrected.
Conjunctive Adverbs
Definition: a conjunctive adverb separates
independent clauses in place of a coordinate
conjunction.

In place of and use furthermore, moreover
In place of but use nevertheless, however,
nonetheless
In place of so use consequently, therefore,
thus, hence
To give an example use for example

Conjunctive Adverbs
Examples
The third-down pass failed; therefore, we had to
punt.
John Steinbecks novels are interesting;
furthermore, they pay tribute to common people.
Al Pacino was nominated for an Academy
Award; he did not, however, win the Oscar for his
performance.
Jesus expects us to love our enemies; for
example, He does not want us to seek revenge
on those who hurt us.


Conjunctive Adverbs
Identify the type of conjunction in the
following sentences:

Central has brilliant students, but none of
them are female.
You will fail unless you complete all your
assignments.
Our next President will be either a Democrat
or a Republican.
We allowed six touchdowns yesterday; hence,
we lost the game.