11/9/2010
Parts of
Parts of
Phrases:
Clauses:
Speech:
Sentence:
Prepositional
Independent
Noun
Subject
Appositive
Dependent
Verb
Predicate
Verbal
Preposition
Direct Object
Adjective
Indirect Object
Adverb
Subject complement
Interjection
Conjunction
Pronoun
SENTENCE
• Group of words that
contains a subject &
its predicate and
makes a complete
thought
SENTENCE
• TWO-part thought
• Subject + predicate = complete
thought
• A sentence is an idea.
SENTENCE
I.E.
Chip runs.
Complete thought
If Chip runs
still need to complete thought…
SENTENCE
Subject
What we’re talking about
Predicate
What we’re saying about it
Simple Subject
The noun or pronoun (the who or what
of the sentence)
Edward hugged
Bella.
She smiled.
Complete Subject
Simple subject + all of its modifiers
Edward, the handsome
vampire, hugged Bella.
The pale vampire hugged
Bella.
Compound Subject
Double subject:
More than one noun or pronoun used
as a double subject
Bella and Edward
hugged.
PREDICATE
Verb and other words that are about
the subject
Jacob and Edward are
fighting over Bella.
Simple PREDICATE
VERB
Jacob and Edward
are fighting over
Bella.
Jacob is a wolf.
Complete PREDICATE
Everything that is said about the
subject
Edward smiles at
Bella.
Bella wishes he was
hunkier.
Compound Predicate
More than one verb about the same
subject
Bella smiles and
looks down.
Direct Object
Noun or object pronoun that
receives the action of the
action verb
Direct Object
Bella
Noun
Subject
kissed Edward.
action verb
Predicate
noun
Direct Object
Direct Object
Noun or object pronoun
(me, you, him, her, it, us, you,
them)
Examples of direct objects:
(answer who? or what? of verb)
He dropped
(dropped what?)
He dropped the watermelon.
Alexander defeated
(defeated whom?)
Alexander defeated Darius.
Jacob tightened
(tightened what?)
Jacob tightened his fist.
Edward warned________ to stay away
(warned whom?)
Edward warned Jacob to stay away.
Transitive Verbs vs. Intransitive verbs
Transitive verbs do take direct objects.
Intransitive verbs do not take direct
objects.
Edward scowled.
(scowled who or what?) Intransitive
Bella pouted.
(pouted who or what?) Int
Jacob kissed Bella.
(kissed who?) Transitive
Indirect Object
Noun or object pronoun that is
indirectly affected by the
action verb and that is located
between the action verb and
the direct object.
Edward gave Jacob a warning to stay
away.
Gave what?
Direct object= warning
To whom?
Indirect object=Jacob
Indirect Object
Subject
You
Pronoun
Predicate
gave
verb
Indirect
Object
me
Direct
Object
nothing.
pronoun
pronoun
Find the subject / predicate
set
If the verb is linking, then
Do not look for a direct object.
Look for a subject complement.
Look for the next subject/ predicate set and
repeat.
Subject complements
He is _________
He is my friend. (predicate nominative)
Bertha seems
Bertha seems tired. (predicate adjective)
Alexander appears
Alexander appears angry. (predicate adjective)
Simon is _________.
Simon is the teacher. (predicate nominative)
SENTENCE
Action
Verb
Direct
Object
Subject
Linking
Verb
Subject
Complement
Indirect
Object
Subject Complement
Predicate adjective
Subject
She
She
Predicate
is
Subject
Complement
brilliant.
= brilliant
Subject
complements
They are the women of Twilight.
Bella is Edward’s girlfriend.
She is pouty.
Predicate Adjective
Subject complement made out of
an adjective
I am sleepy.
I = sleepy
Predicate Nominative
Subject complement that is a
noun or subject pronoun
It is I, Hamlet.
It = I
4 Level Analysis
Joanne tosses Annika the football.
noun
subject
verb
noun
predicate indirect obj
adj
noun (level 1)
direct obj. (level 2)
4 Level Analysis
Annika is sweet.
Noun
subject
v.
Adj
(level 1)
pred. subj complement (level 2)