Lesson 3 | The Third Pass: Arrows

What We Learned in This Lesson

1. Four Ways Arrows Help Make Connections More Clear
2. Drawing an arrow from a subordinate phrase to its anchor phrase shows us if the anchor phrase is above or below the subordinate phrase.
3. Drawing arrows to a specific phrase (for genitive phrases) vs. the phrase at large clarifies what the specific point of connection is.
4. Using curved arrows helps us to distinguish relative phrases and makes the connection between the relative pronoun and its antecedent explicit.
5. Using different colors for the arrows gives us an instant visual reminder of the types of phrases in a passage.
6. Using Arrows for Subordinate Phrases
7. You use yellow arrows for every subordinate phrase except for genitive and relative phrases.
8. The yellow arrow points from the subordinate phrase to the start of its anchor phrase.
9. When an anchor phrase has more than one subordinate phrase, you connect those phrases with one yellow arrow.
10. The only exception to adding an arrow is when you have a list—two or more items parallel to each other on separate lines.
11. Using Arrows for Genitive Phrases
12. You use blue arrows for genitive phrases.
13. The arrow will point from the genitive phrase to its specific head noun in the anchor phrase.
14. Using Arrows for Relative Phrases
15. You use green arrows for relative phrases.
16. You use a curved arrow for relative phrases, which points from the relative pronoun in the relative phrase to the referent of the relative pronoun.

You’re on your way…just follow the arrows.