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Identify and put brackets around prepositional phrases. Remember that prepositional phrases cannot contain any other part of the sentence; therefore, no other marks will be made inside the brackets. Draw an arrow from the phrase to indicate what it modifies. Underline action verbs once and linking verbs twice. Circle the simple subject. If the subject is compound, circle both. If the subject is understood, write "you" in front of the sentence and circle it. For direct address, put a sun burst around the one being addressed.

Complements - Put a box around the direct object. - Put a triangle around the indirect object.   (You will not have an indirect object without a direct object.) - Circle predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives.   Draw an arrow from a predicate adjective to the subject. - Draw arrows from adjectives and adverbs to the words they modify. Put a plus sign over conjunctions. Sign adjective and adverb clauses as you would a separate sentence and use green ink. Draw arrows to the words modified.

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