5. Diagram direct objects: If your sentence has a direct object – a noun that directly receives the action performed by the verb – draw another vertical line after your verb, but ensure it doesn’t ...

Back in ye olden days (okay, about thirty years ago) elementary school students were taught how to diagram sentences. The theory was that it would be easier to learn the parts of a sentence by seeing ...

How to Diagram A SentenceStart with the key elements: subject and verb. Simply put, the subject tells you what the sentence is about; the verb tells you what the subject is doing. If you’re feeling ...