How do I diagram: The awful witch flew in front of the moon.
First -- the subject and verb:
WITCH | FLEW
THE and AWFUL are adjectives and are placed on diagonal lines under WITCH.
IN FRONT is a prepositional phrase modifying FLEW. OF THE MOON is a prepositional phrase modifying FRONT.
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To diagram a sentence, you can use a tree structure called a sentence diagram. This helps to show the relationship between the words and phrases in the sentence. Here's how you can diagram the sentence "The awful witch flew in front of the moon":
1. Start by drawing a horizontal line in the middle of the page. This line represents the main clause or the main part of the sentence.
2. Then, place the subject of the sentence, which is "The awful witch," on the far left side of the line.
3. After that, draw a diagonal line downward from the subject for the verb, which is "flew." The verb line should be slanted and shorter than the subject line.
4. To the right of the verb line, place the prepositional phrase "in front of the moon." Prepositional phrases provide additional information about the relationship between different parts of the sentence. Draw a horizontal line starting from the bottom of the verb line and write "in front of the moon" on that line.
5. Finally, label the parts of speech above or below each word. For example, "The" is an article, "awful" is an adjective, "witch" is a noun, "flew" is a verb, "in" is a preposition, "front" is a noun, "of" is a preposition, and "the" is an article.
Here's an example of how the final sentence diagram may look:
The Awful Witch
| \
flew in front of the moon