How to Diagram a Sentence
By Grace Fleming, About.com
Don't be thrown off by two or more direct objects. If a predicate contains a compound object, simply treat it the same as a sentence with a one-word direct object. Give each a separate base line.
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- Subject and Verb
- Direct Object and Predicate Adjective
- Clause as Direct Object
- Two Direct Objects
- Adjectives and Verbs that Modify
- More Modifiers
- Clause as Predicate Nominative
- Indirect Object and Understood You
- Complex Sentence
- Appositives
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