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ming series of animated musical
educational short films that aired during the Saturday morning children's programming on the U.S. television network ABC
. The topics covered included grammar
, science
, economics
, history
, mathematics
, and civics
. The series' original run lasted from 1973 to 1985, and was later revived with both old and new episodes airing from 1993 to 1999. Additional episodes were produced as recently as 2009 for direct-to-video
release.
Schoolhouse Rock! began as a commercial advertising venture by David McCall, half of famed Madison Avenue advertising agency McCaffrey & McCall.
Adjectives are often used to help us compare things,To say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall.Girls who are tall can get taller,Boys who are small can get smaller,Till one is the tallestAnd the other's the smallest of all.
He was a hairy bear, He was a scary bear. We made a hasty retreat from his lair, and described him with adjectives.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.Conjunction Junction, how's that function?I got three favorite carsThat get most of my job done.Conjunction Junction, what's their function?I got "and", "but", and "or",They'll get you pretty far.
When Reginald was home with flu, uh-huh-huh,The doctor knew just what to do-hoo.He cured the infectionWith one small injectionWhile Reginald uttered some interjections..Hey! That smarts!Ouch! That hurts!Yow! That's not fair givin' a guy a shot down there!
Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or emotion (Ouch!).They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point,Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
So when you're happy (Hurray!),or sad (Ahhh!),or frightened (EEK!),or mad (Rats!), or excited (Wow!), or glad (HEY!), an interjection stops the sentence right!
So when you're happy (Hurray!),or sad (Ahhh!),or frightened (EEK!),or mad (Rats!), or excited (Wow!), or glad (HEY!), an interjection stops the sentence right!
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here.Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, got some adverbs here.Come on down to Lolly's, get the adverbs here!You're going to needIf you write or read,Or even think about it.
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here.Got a lot of lolly, jolly adverbs here.