diagram this sentance. Referring to the figure, select the letter of the position that the
word in quotes should occupy in the diagram:
Aunt Ellie sent "me" a beautiful kitten.
Aunt Ellie
sent
/ \
me a beautiful kitten
To diagram the sentence "Aunt Ellie sent 'me' a beautiful kitten," you would use a simple sentence diagram. Here is the diagram:
Aunt Ellie sent
|
|
v
me
|
|
a beautiful kitten
In the diagram, the subject "Aunt Ellie" is located at the top level, followed by the verb "sent" on the second level. Below the verb is the direct object "me," which is the recipient of the action. Finally, on the same level as "me," is the indirect object "a beautiful kitten," which is what Aunt Ellie sent to "me."
To diagram this sentence, we first need to identify the main components: subject, verb, direct object, and indirect object.
The subject of the sentence is "Aunt Ellie." The verb is "sent." The direct object is "a beautiful kitten." And the indirect object is "me."
To diagram the sentence, follow these steps:
1. Start with a horizontal line as the base.
2. Place the subject “Aunt Ellie” on the left side of the line.
3. Draw a diagonal line slanting downward from the subject.
4. At the end of the diagonal line, write the verb “sent.”
5. Now, draw a straight line down from the verb.
6. At the end of the vertical line, write the direct object “a beautiful kitten.”
7. Finally, draw a slanted line starting from the vertical line but pointing away a bit.
8. At the end of this line, write the indirect object “me.”
Here is the diagram of the sentence:
```
Aunt Ellie
|
sent
|
a beautiful kitten
|
me
```
Now, to answer the specific question of selecting the letter of the position that the word in quotes should occupy in the diagram, we need to assign letters to each position:
```
A. Aunt Ellie
B. sent
C. a beautiful kitten
D. me
```
Since the word "me" is the indirect object in the sentence, it should be assigned the letter D in the diagram.