1. The simplest form of a diagram looks like this: Subject Verb

2. We begin, naturally, with the representation of a very simple sentence: Glaciers melt. We will place the subject-verb relationship on a straight horizontal line . . . Glaciers melt and separate the subject from its verb with a short vertical line extending through the horizontal line.

3. Examples: 1) She yells. She yells 2) Children sleep? Children sleep 3) Quiet! (you) Quiet

4. Modifiers (including articles) go under the words they modify on slanted lines. The glacier is melting slowly. glacier is melting The slowly

5. Modifiers answer the following questions: which when how where to what extent

6. A modifier that falls under a noun is an adjective, and a modifier that falls under a verb is an adverb. noun verb adjectives adverbs

7. Examples: 1) The teacher demonstrated. teacher demonstrated 2) The teacher demonstrated patiently. teacher demonstrated The The patiently