Sentence Diagramming

What is the sentence diagrammed?

• The beauty of language seen.

• See the beauty of language.

• The language of beauty is see.

• The see is beauty

What is is the simple predicate in the diagram?

• The teacher

• Teacher

• Worked

• worked with

What is the complete subject?

• Lady

• The Lady

• The old little Lady

• The little old lady

What is the 3rd step for diagramming a sentence?

• Find the verb, and write it on the right half of the horizontal line

• draw a horizontal line

• Find the subject, and write it on the left half of the horizontal line

• Find the conjunction and write on the left half of the horizontal line

What is the 2nd step for diagramming a sentence?

• Find the verb, and write it on the right half of the horizontal line

• draw a horizontal line

• Find the subject, and write it on the right half of the horizontal line

• Find the conjunction and write on the left half of the horizontal line

After finding the verb and the subject, what is the next step?

• draw a diagonal line that intersects through the horizontal line, separating the subject and verb

• draw a vertical line that intersects through the horizontal line, separating the subject and direct object

• stare at the ceiling wondering what is the meaning of life

• draw a vertical line that intersects through the horizontal line, separating the subject and verb

Where do you place adverbs on a diagram?

• on a horizontal line above the noun

• on a horizontal line above the verb

• on a diagonal line below the noun it is modifying

• on a diagonal line below the verb it is modifying

Where do you place a direct object on a diagram?

• on the horizontal line after the subject

• on the horizontal line after the verb

• on a diagonal line underneath the verb

• on a diagonal line underneath the subject

What is the purpose of sentence diagramming?

• To visually represent the grammatical structure of a sentence

• To create a visual art piece

• To write sentences in a different language

• To memorize vocabulary words

Which part of speech is typically placed on a slanted line in sentence diagramming?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb