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Sentence diagramming

Sentence Diagramming is also known as a parse tree. It is a pictorial representation of the grammatical structure of a sentence. Diagramming sentences helps competent language learners to identify the logical connections between different parts of the sentence. It enables learners to vary sentence structure and construct arguments in a cohesive and concise manner.

Areas covered:

  1. Introduction to Sentence Diagramming

  2. Sentence parts:

    •         The Subject (S)

    •         The Predicate (P)

    •         An Adjective (A)

    •         An Article

    •         A Noun Phrase (NP)

    •         A Verb Phrase (VP)

    •         An Indirect Object (IO)

    •         A Direct Object (DO)

    •         An Object Compliment (OC)

    •         A Subject Compliment (SC)

    •         A Preposition

    •         A Prepositional Phrase

  3. 10 types of sentence diagrams

  4. Practice 1 – Diagramming sentences in text

  5. Practice 2 – Turning diagrams into sentences.

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