Diagramming sentences, oh my! I recently shared how we are walking down this new pathway by referencing four ebooks. I love ebooks, but sometimes I need a different view, a new angle, a sideways look. Thus, in my search of a new vantage point I wish to share with you some of my “new to me” discoveries. Click on the titles below and join us on our leisurely walk to grammar delight!
Diagramming Sentences Interactive Tutorial
Follow through this simple interactive tutorial and see if you can get the correct answers at the end. By the way, during the quiz you will need to click on the lines to include them in your answer. If you don’t, you will get an incorrect notification. Hmmm..wonder why would I know this?
500 Sentence Diagrams
Yes, you read that correctly. 500! If you love diagramming sentences then go grab a cup of coffee, put your feet up and peruse to your hearts delight!
It includes:
- The Basics of Sentence Diagramming
- Grammatical Terms and Diagramming Symbols
- English Grammar and Usage
- Long Sentences from the First Pages of Literature
- Anatomy of a Sentence Diagramming a 100-Word Sentence Step by Step
- German Diagrams
- Latin Diagrams
- Diagrams of Sentences by Contemporary Journalists
- Diagrams of Sentences from the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence
- The Gettysburg Address Diagrammed
- Presidential Inaugural Addresses Diagrammed
- Archives of “The Daily Diagram”
Basic Sentence Parts, Phrase Configurations (or in my world, “Where do those lines go?!”)
Ever ponder where the lines go? Does a forward slash and a backward slash with a connecting dotted line leave you confused? Well, it does me! Merely click on the sentence type you are pondering and an example will appear at the bottom of the screen. This website is actually in two parts in which you can scroll the top and still see the bottom portion. This allows you to view difference sentence structures and phrase configurations with ease.
ZZCad Sentence Parsing Program
It doesn’t give an actual diagram, but it might come in handy to parse your sentences.
I know there are many more sites than these which linger in the electronic universe. If you have a great diagramming sentence resource to share, please add it in the comments below!
