Minor Word Classes Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Minor Word?
A
A word that doesn’t fit into any of the seven major categories (i.e.: hello, oh, yuk).
2
Q
What are Interjections?
A
Words that represent speech in writing (i.e.: phew, ouch, hmm).
3
Q
What is the Existential There?
A
The word “there,” but when used in the front of a sentence (i.e.: There is a fly in my soup)
4
Q
When does “There” become an adverb?
A
Generally when used in the ends of sentences; and if it is used as an adverb.
5
Q
What is “Dummy” or “Prop” “It?”
A
Use of the word It when you aren’t precisely identifying something. (i.e.: Hold It!)
6
Q
What is Anticipatory “It?”
A
Use of the word for anticipating something that will come.
