The Exclamatory Sentence
You Will Love These!An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion. It ends with an exclamation mark. (! One of these things) You might use it to show anger, confusion, love, happiness, or any other boisterous emotion. I say boisterous because you probably wouldn't use an exclamation mark to show peace, calm or shyness. Here are some examples:
No, you cannot dye the dog's hair! (anger)I don't want to go to Grandma's house! (frustration) I scored three goals at the soccer game! (happiness) I can't find the peanut butter! (confusion) I love you! (love) We're going to Hawaii! (elation)
Diagramming ExclamationsWhen diagramming sentences, you do not add any punctuation. Because of this, you will not see the exclamation point in any of these sentence diagrams. I scored three goals at the soccer game!
The word not is always an adverb. It is never part of the verb. When diagramming a contraction (such as can't), you must separate the two words since one is a verb (can) and one is an adverb (not). Check it out: I can't find the peanut butter!
I love you! 
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