A fun jaunt into the convoluted wilds of the English language, Sentence Diagramming 101 explores the relationship between words using traditional sentence diagramming, lots of movie references, and plenty of practice exercises (Yes, it has an answer key and a website with cool videos-as cool as grammar videos can be anyway). This book begins with an overview of the parts of speech before delving into word function and sentence patterns. From that solid grounding, the text moves on to illustrate phrases, verbals, clauses, sentence types, and other weirdness before concluding with a brief discussion of punctuation and common errors. A great primer for those seeking to understand the fundamentals of English grammar, this book breaks down complicated ideas into understandable pieces. One abiding question often accompanies any discussion of traditional sentence diagramming (Reed & Kellogg): does sentence diagramming create better writers? This book's final answer: Maybe. Think of the English language as a car engine. Someone may know the names of all the parts under the hood and how they work together to make the car go when the gas pedal is held down-but does that knowledge of how the system works create a better driver? Perhaps. Perhaps not. Perhaps that driver will continue to discuss spark plugs while driving off a cliff. Such is true of writing as well. That said, it doesn't hurt to know more about how a system functions, and think of this book as a look under the proverbial hood of the English language. It's definitely messy under here, filled with archaic bolts and cobbled coils, but somehow, it still manages to get users where they want to go. Feel free to join in for the ride.
- | Author: Dr Paquette|Jen Paquette
- | Publisher: Accomplishing Innovation Press
- | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 384 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1644505959
- | ISBN-13: 9781644505953
