Person, Place or Swamp Thing
Lights, camera... ACTION
Diagram THIS?
Modificators
Stay Object(ive)
100
I define a person, a place or a thing in a sentence.
What is a "noun?"
100
I am the word that defines the action, the state or an occurrence in a sentence.
What is a "verb?"
100
I am the first horizontal line you draw when making a sentence diagram.
What is the "Base Line?"
100
I modify the noun(s) in a sentence.
What is an "Adjective?"
100
I am usually a noun and I am connected to the verb, by asking the question "what" or "who?"
What is a "Direct Object"
200
I am also the person, place or thing that is DOING the action in the sentence. I go on the left of the subject/predicate line in a diagram.
What is the "Subject Noun?"
200
This kind of verb results in a direct object at the end of the sentence, otherwise it would be confusing.
What is a "Transitive Verb?"
200
The is the large vertical line which separates the two main halves of the diagram.
What is the "Subject/Predicate Line?"
200
I modify the verb(s) in a sentence, and sometimes other adjectives as well.
What is an "adverb?"
200
If there is a direct object in a sentence, then there must be one of these.
What is a "transitive verb?"
300
These are names of things, or places. They usually have a capital letter.
What is a "Proper Noun?"
300
I am not the subject noun, but the action part of a sentence. I go on the right of the subject/predicate line in a diagram.
What is the "Predicate Verb?"
300
All modifiers go here.
What is "below the base line?" or "Slanty line?"
300
"The," "a," and "an" are examples of this.
What is an "article?"
300
I am a sentence that has more than ONE subject. (Hint: this sounds like something from your Math class!)
What is a "Compound subject?"
400
I am a small word that connects two different nouns. Usually giving you more specific details as to WHERE things should go.
What is a "preposition?"
400
I am like an extra verb in a sentence, but I am still really important in describing the action.
What is an "auxiliary verb?"
400
I am also a vertical line, but I stop at the base line. Everything to the right of me is connected to the transitive verb.
What is the "Direct Object Line?"
400
"Hey!" "Hello!" and "Whew!" are all examples of these.
What is an "interjection?"
400
The same can be said for the end of a sentence, if it has more than one action happening.
What is a "compound predicate?"
500
I can replace any noun!
What is a "Pronoun?"
500
I am a sentence without a verb.
What is a "Sentence fragment?"
500
I involve splitting the base line into two or three parts, connected by this.
What is a "conjunction?"
500
Sometimes, these small little clauses can modify other words.
What is a "prepositional phrase?"
500
Although I am NOT an opposite, I get or receive the direct object from the subject noun.
What is an "indirect object?"
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