Writing: Framing Your Thoughts - Sentence Diagramming

Subject - who or what the sentence is about.

• A noun - a person, place, or thing.

Predicate - the action in the sentence.

• A verb - an action word.

Connector - connects subjects or predicates (for example, "and")

When diagramming sentences, we give a symbol for each subject, predicate, and connector in the sentence. The symbols look like this:

Here are some examples of how to diagram sentences:

Here are some simple sentences you can practice diagramming at home:

• John runs.
• Tom and Sally sing.
• Jake eats.