English 10 4 January 2016 I.Notes on Diagramming Sentences

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College Glaciers melt. We will place the subject-verb relationship on a straight horizontal line... Glaciers melt and separate the subject from its verb with a short vertical line extending through the horizontal line. Diagramming sentences provides a way of picturing the structure of a sentence.

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College Modifiers (including articles) go under the words they modify on slanted lines. The glacier is melting slowly. glacier is melting The slowly

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College A direct object follows the verb on the horizontal line; it is separated from the verb by a vertical line that does not go through the horizontal line.direct object The glacier is slowly destroying the forest. glacier is destroying The slowly forest the

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College Predicate nouns and predicate adjectivesPredicate nouns and predicate adjectives follow the verb and are separated from the verb by a slanted line. The glacier is not really dangerous. glacier is The dangerous not really Josiah Brown is professor a b r i l l i a n t Josiah Brown is a brilliant professor.

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College With compound subjects and predicates, the sentence diagram begins to branch out.subjectspredicates The professor and her colleagues are studying glaciers and avalanches. professor T h e colleagues h e r are studying a n d glaciers avalanches a n d

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College Compound verbs are put on branches in a similar fashion. The professor and her colleagues are studying and classifying glaciers. professor T h e colleagues h e r a n d are studying classifying a n d glaciers

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College Indirect objectsIndirect objects are arranged under the main sentence line. Professor Higgins gave her students two projects. Professor Higgins gave projects t w o students h e r

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College Prepositional phrasesPrepositional phrases are arranged on branches below the words they modify. Professor Higgins studied glaciers in Antarctica during the 1950s. Professor Higgins studied glaciers Antarctica i n 1950s t h e d u r i n g

Diagramming Sentences 1. The porters hiked toward the summit. 2. Someone in the class has seen the movie. 3. Tamara and Dawn floated the raft down the river. 4. The ocean is calm beneath the waves. 5. We ordered a dish of salsa and a basket of tortilla chips. 6. Here is the test. 7. Buy me a present!

Diagramming Sentences porters hiked The toward summit the The porters hiked toward the summit.

Diagramming Sentences Someone in the class has seen the movie. in the Someone class has seen movie the

Diagramming Sentences Tamara and Dawn floated the raft down the river. down the Tamara river floated raft the Dawn and

Diagramming Sentences ocean is The beneath waves the The ocean is calm beneath the waves calm

Diagramming Sentences We ordered a dish of salsa and a basket of tortilla chips. salsa Weordered dish of basket and of chips a tortilla a

Diagramming Sentences Here is the test. testis here the

Diagramming Sentences (you) Buy me a present! (you)buy me a present

Diagramming Sentences 1.I wish you a happy New Year! 2.You are my favorite teacher in the school. 3.I made this New Year’s card for you!

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College This PowerPoint presentation was created by Charles Darling, PhD Professor of English and Webmaster Capital Community College Hartford, Connecticut copyright November 1999