Diagramming Sentences Notes

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Diagramming Sentences Notes

• The Basics

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1. Every word in the sentence (to be diagrammed)
   will have a ______on the diagram.
2. The two most important parts of the sentence
   diagram are the _____ and _____. The subject and
   verb (and any helping verbs) will always appear
   on the line----always.

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• 3. Modifiers must be placed ______ the word they
  modify.
• 4. Examples of modifiers are _______ (quickly),
  ______ (a, an, the), and _________ (red, six,
  their, his).
• 5. Direct objects may also be placed on the
  diagram by drawing a _______ after the simple
  predicate (verb).

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• 6. Prepositional phrases have a designated place
  on the sentence diagram. Prepositional phrases
  may act as either _______ or _________
• Examples of prepositional phrases in the house,
  under the car, above the rim, along the water
• 7. The main parts of the sentence diagram are
  a.____ b. _______, c._______, and d_______.
• 8. A linking verb takes a predicate adjective or
  predicate noun. When a linking verb is in the
  sentence, the line is no longer straight. The
  line must be _________.