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Wow shows a feeling. It stands alone. An interjection.

An interjection shows feeling. The punctuation shows how big.

Feeling

Strong

Interjection: a word that shows feeling

An interjection shows a feeling, like Wow, Oh, or Ouch. It stands alone, and it does not change the other words.

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Wow! We won !

Wow shows a feeling. It stands alone. An interjection.

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It shows a feeling and stands alone, like Wow, Oh, or Ouch.

A mild interjection is a small, soft feeling. Put a comma right after it: Oh, I see. Well, maybe.

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Oh, the dog is wet .

The comma after Oh shows a soft, mild feeling. A mild interjection.

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A small, soft feeling takes a comma: Oh, I see.

A strong interjection is a big feeling. Put an exclamation point right after it: Wow! Ouch! Hooray!

On the line

Hooray! The snow fell .

The exclamation point after Hooray shows a big, strong feeling. A strong interjection.

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A big feeling takes an exclamation point: Wow! We won!

The same word can be mild or strong. The punctuation tells you which. Awww, with a comma is soft. Awww! with an exclamation point is big.

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Awww, the kitten purred .

Same word, soft feeling: a comma makes it mild.

Awww! The kitten is hurt !

Same word, big feeling: an exclamation point makes it strong.

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The same word can be either; the punctuation decides. Awww, or Awww!