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- adverb diagram
- adverbs are placed on slanted lines directly under the verbs, adjectives or adverbs they modify.
- verb
- tells what the subject does (action), what is done to the subject, or what the condition of the subject is.
- prepositional phrase
- a group of words that begins with a presposition and ends with a noun our pronoun.
- conjunction diagram
- conjunctions are placed on dotted lines drawn between the two words they connect
- object of the preposition
- The noun or pronoun following the preposition.
- indirect objects
- is a noun or pronoun that comes after an action verb and before a direct object. It names the person or thing that something is given to or done for.
- subject complements
- is a noun, a pronoun or an adjective that follows a linking verb and tells something about the subject.
- interjection
- an exlamation that shows feeling or emotion. Examples: Wow! Hey! Yikes! Ouch!
- compound preposition
- a preposition consisting of more than one word. Examples: according to, next to, because of
- coordination conjunction
- connections words, phrases or clauses. Examples: but, and, nor, for, so, yet.
- compound subject and verbs diagram
- each part of a compound subject or verb is diagramed on a separate horizontal line and connected by a dotted line with the conjunction.
- correlative conjunction
- pairs of words that connect words, phrases or clauses. Examples: both...and, either....or, not only...but also.
- direct object diagram
- a direct object is placed on the same horizontal line as the subject and verb, following the verb separated by a short vertical line that touches but does not go through the horizontal line.
- subordinate clause
- has a subject and a verb but cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence. It is only part of a sentence.
- subject/verb diagram
- the subject and verb are placed on a horizontal line, separated by a vertical line. The subject is on the left and the verb is on the right.
- compound subject
- two or more subjects that have the same verb and are joined by a conjunction such as "and".
- indirect object diagram
- an indirect object is the only complement that is not placed on the main horizontal line. It is placed ona short horizontal line extending from a slanted line directly below the verb.
- basic sentence
- a sentence contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
- phrases
- a phrase is a group of words that functions in a sentence as a single part of speech. Phrases do not contain a subject or a verb.
- compound verb
- two or more verbs that have the same subject and are joined by a conjunction such as "and".
- complements
- word or group of words that completes the meaning of a subject and a verb. There are three types of complements: direct objects, indirect objects and subject complements.
- adjective diagram
- adjectives and adverbs are placed on slanted lines directly below the noun or pronoun it describes.
- preposition
- shows relationship, where something is...relates the noun or pronoun following it to another word in the sentence. Examples: about, behind, during, over, under, to
- prepositional phrase diagram
- drawn directly below the word it modifies is a slanted line for the preposition and a horizontal line for the object
- direct objects
- is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb.
- independent clause
- has a subject and a verb and can stand by itself as a complete sentence.
- subject
- a sentence must have a subject. The subject of a sentence is the word or group of words that names the person, place, or thing (noun/pronoun) that performs the action or is described. Most subjects are found at the beginning of the sentence.
- subject complement diagram
- the subject complement follow linking verbs on the same horizonal line separated by a slanted line that points back to the subject.