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Grammar > Sentence Diagramming > Intermediate to Advanced DiagrammingYou may have come here if:- You are a brilliant, young Fuentes-clone who simply enjoys diagramming in general.
- You feel like you need some extra practice diagramming a certain sentence construction.
- You have no idea where to begin when it comes to sentence diagramming.
- You were absent when I originally introduced these concepts.
First, Some Links:- The Philosophy of Sentence Diagramming - This is a reasonable explanation of why I deem sentence diagramming a topic that is worthy of study.
- Diagramming Sentences - This site is a good database of everything you never wanted to know about Reid-Kellogg Diagramming
- An Alphabetical Index of Diagramming Structures - As a supplement or alternative to the above link, this index might make your search for various diagramming structures easier to navigate.
For You Visual Learners:
There are excellent videos to be found on Youtube that detail the diagramming process. I've compiled a few here. Practice Sentences (Coming soon!):
Try to diagram these on your own, then click on each sentence to see the correct diagram. - Simple subject and simple predicate:
- Subject and predicate with modifiers:
- The man wept.
- The man wept bitterly.
- Compound subject and compound predicate:
- He and I fought.
- Bill and Ted traveled and learned.
- Compound subject and compound predicate with modifiers:
- The terrible coach and his team lost quickly and sulked angrily.
- Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michaelangelo, and I ate voraciously and fought bravely.
- Direct objects:
- They ate pizza.
- I saved the world.
- Compound direct objects:
- They fought Shredder and his Foot Soldiers
- We purchased a duck and a hen.
- Subject complements (predicate adjectives and predicate nominatives):
- I am old. (SC/PA)
- I am a teacher. (SC/PN)
- Compound subject complements:
- I am old and a teacher.
- He is a fisherman and a flautist.
- Indirect objects:
- I gave her a kiss.
- He sent me a message.
- Compound indirect objects:
- Billgave me and Ted a sandwich.
- I loaned Harry and Hermione my stereo.
- All of the above:
- Prepositional phrases:
- I traveled to Europe.
- I saw the Eiffel tower in France.
- Compound prepositional phrases:
- I went over the river and through the woods.
- Grandmother's house is under the overpass and near the 7-11.
- Inceptionesque Prepositional Phrases (A phrase, within a phrase, within a phrase)
- My birthday is on the 19th of February.
- He is one of my friends from my time in Europe.
- Appositive phrases:
- Chunk, a child suffering from childhood obesity, did the Truffle Shuffle.
- Sloth, his friend, said, 'Hey, you guys!'
- Participial phrases:
- The man dreaming about unicorns watched expectantly.
- The singing and dancing waiter tripped and met disaster.
- Gerund phrases:
- Walking outside is fun and boring simultaneously.
- Fighting Shredder was the reason for the turtles training.
- Infinitive phrases:
- He had to contort his body.
- To dream is truly to understand.
- All of the above:
- Two independent clauses:
- Adjectival clauses:
- Adverbial clauses:
- Noun clauses:
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