LESSON 7.
ANALYSIS AND THE DIAGRAM.
+Hints for Oral Instruction+.—I will draw on the board a heavy, or shaded, line, and divide it into two parts, thus:
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We will consider the first part as the sign of the subject of a sentence, and the second part as the sign of the predicate of a sentence.
Now, if I write a word over the first line, thus—(doing it)—you will understand that that word is the subject of a sentence. If I write a word over the second line, thus—you will understand that that word is the predicate of a sentence.
Planets | revolve
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The class can see by this picture that Planets revolve is a sentence, that planets is the subject, and that revolve is the predicate.
These signs, or illustrations, made up of straight lines, we call
+Diagrams+.
+DEFINITION.—A Diagram is a picture of the offices and relations of the different parts of a sentence+.
Analyze and diagram the following sentences.
1. Waves dash. 2. Kings reign. 3. Fruit ripens. 4. Stars shine. 5. Steel tarnishes. 6. Insects buzz. 7. Paul preached. 8. Poets sing. 9. Nero fiddled. 10. Larks sing. 11. Water ripples. 12. Lambs frisk. 13. Lions roar. 14. Tigers growl. 15. Breezes sigh. 16. Carthage fell. 17. Morning dawns. 18. Showers descended. 19. Diamonds sparkle. 20. Alexander conquered. 21. Jupiter thunders. 22. Columbus sailed, 23. Grammarians differ. 24. Cornwallis surrendered.
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