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Diagramming Sentences

Diagramming Sentences. We can diagram a sentence to show its structure, and to see how its parts are related. We can diagram sentence. a. Brought to you by V. Hinkle. Start with a horizontal line. Write the simple subject and verb on the line. Artists paint. Artists paint.

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Diagramming Sentences

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  1. Diagramming Sentences • We can diagram a sentence to show its structure, and to see how its parts are related. We can diagram sentence a Brought to you by V. Hinkle

  2. Start with a horizontal line. • Write the simple subject and verb on the line. • Artists paint. Artists paint • Separate them with a vertical line that crosses the base line.

  3. Another example: • Birds are singing. • Write the simple subject and verb on the line. • Separate them with a vertical line that crosses the base line. Birds are singing

  4. What if we describe the subject? • Talented artists paint. • “Talented” describes “artists.” • Write it on a diagonal line below the word it describes. artists paint Talented

  5. Artists paint Talented What if we describe the verb? • Talented artists paint well. • “Well” describes how they paint. • Write it on a diagonal line below the word it describes. well

  6. Artists paint Talented well What if there is a direct object? • What do artists paint? • Talented artists paint pictures well. • Write the direct object after the verb. • Draw a vertical separator which stops at the line. pictures

  7. The vertical line that separates the subject from the verb crosses the base line. The vertical line that separates the verb from the direct object stops at the base line. Have you noticed? Artists paint pictures

  8. Artists paint pictures Talented well What if we describe the direct object? • Talented artists paint realistic pictures well. • What kind of pictures do artists paint? • “Realistic” describes “pictures.” • Write it on a diagonal line under “pictures.” realistic

  9. That’s All . . . • For now • Next up: • Prepositional phrase

  10. Artists paint pictures Talented realistic What if there is a prepositional phrase? • Talented artists paint realistic pictures of people. • What do artists paint pictures of? • “Of people” describes the pictures. • Write it on a frame under “pictures.” of people

  11. Artists paint pictures Talented realistic Try a different prepositional phrase. • Talented artists paint realistic pictures on canvas. • Where do artists paint pictures? “on canvas.” • How, when, and where describe verbs. • Write it on a frame under “paint.” on canvas

  12. Build a new sentence. • Hamsters run. Hamsters run

  13. Hamsters run Describe the hamsters. Energetic hamsters run. Energetic

  14. Hamsters run Energetic Where do hamsters run? Energetic hamsters run on wheels. on wheels Prepositional phrase

  15. Hamsters run on wheels Energetic What kind of wheels? Energetic hamsters run on exercise wheels. exercise “exercise” describes wheels

  16. Practice another sentence. • Hamsters eat. Hamsters eat

  17. Hamsters eat What do hamsters eat? • Hamsters eat seeds. seeds “Seeds” is the direct object. It follows the verb, after a vertical separator.

  18. Hamsters eat seeds What kind of seeds? • Hamsters eat sunflower seeds. sunflower “Sunflower” describes “seeds.” Write it on a diagonal line under “seeds.”

  19. Have you noticed? • Only subjects, verbs, and objects • Go on the horizontal line. • Words that describe them go below them on diagonal lines. Monkeys eat bananas in sweet trees Hungry the

  20. That’s All . . . • For now • Next up: • Linking verbs • with subject complements

  21. Linking verbs • Tweety is yellow. Tweety is yellow subject verb Subject complement What follows a linking verb renames or describes the subject. It is a complement, not a direct object.

  22. Linking verbs • Tweety is yellow. Tweety is yellow subject verb Subject complement Because the complement describes the subject, the dividing line tilts back toward the subject.

  23. Try another sentence. • Sylvester is a cat. Sylvester is cat a • Cat = renames Sylvester. • Cat = predicate noun.

  24. Add more description. • Poor Sylvester is a frustrated predator. Sylvester is predator a Poor frustrated • Predator = renames Sylvester. • Predator = predicate noun.

  25. Other linking verbs • The pot of brains smells suspiciously rancid. pot smells rancid of The brains suspiciously • Rancid = describes the pot. • Rancid = predicate adjective.

  26. That’s All . . . • For now

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