Determining Noun Functions
Find all SUBJECTS and VERBS. Code all.
(Ask: Who or what is the sentence about? Who or what is performing the action or
being talked about?)
Determine whether each verb is ACTION or LINKING. Code all.
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Look for DIRECT OBJECTS.
Code all.
(Ask: What is receiving the action? Say
the subject and verb, then ask "what?"
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Look for PREDICATE NOMINATIVES.
Code all.
(Ask: What noun or pronoun is renaming the
SUBJECT?)
your direct object)
Look for INDIRECT OBJECTS.
Code all.
Look for OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS. Code all.
(Ask: Is this noun/pronoun the noun/pronoun in a prepositional phrase?)
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Look for APPOSITIVES.
(Ask: Does this word rename a noun (not necessarily the subject), and is it set offby
commas?)
Look for NOUNS OF DIRECT ADDRESS.
(Ask: Is this the proper name of the person I am talking to? Is it set off by commas?
take it out, will the sentence make sense?)
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