Once a popular way to teach grammar, the practice of diagramming sentences has fallen out of favor.

Sentence diagramming was once a widespread technique for teaching kids how to analyze the structure of a sentence. If you had to do it in school, you either loved it or you hated it. Most kids ...

A lot of artists have used words in paintings in recent years, but the way Libby Wadsworth uses them is markedly different. She presents words on sentence diagrams that give the words visual struct… ...

Pop Chart Lab "I," is the subject of the sentence, as shown by grey text. The first line in a sentence diagram always represents the subject. Next comes the verb, "will make." Pink signifies the ...

For example, consider " The Godfather." Pop Chart Lab "I," is the subject of the sentence, as shown by grey text. The first line in a sentence diagram always represents the subject.

For example, schools in the Czech Republic teach sentence diagramming so successfully that researchers are investigating the possibility of including school children’s analyses in a working tree ...

ConceptDraw Example This image is a supplement to Matt Neuburg's review of ConceptDraw, published in TidBITS 553. By creating a small library of objects in ConceptDraw, it's possible to diagram ...

Dori asks his grammar-loving listeners to help him diagram a perplexing, rambling sentence from Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien.

In sentences with more than one clause, like Orwell's above, dotted lines connect them. Feast your eyes on more examples of opening sentences from famous books below. From Toni Morrison's "Beloved." ...

At the Slate Political Gabfest's live D.C. show this week, Emily, David, and John tried to diagram a sentence uttered in Sun City, South Carolina, on July 21 by the ever-eloquent Republican ...