Lesson 2 | The Second Pass: Indent

What We Learned in This Lesson

1. New Terminology
2. Coordinate phrases are phrases that are parallel to one another.
3. A subordinate phrase is a phrase that shows support, illustration, qualification, etc. for an anchor phrase.
4. An anchor phrase is a phrase qualified by a grammatically subordinate phrase or phrases.
5. A main phrase is the phrase (or phrases) in a sentence to which all the other phrases are grammatically subordinate.
6. Relative Phrases
7. Definition: A relative phrase is a phrase that begins with a relative pronoun.
8. Function: A relative phrase tells you more about a specific noun/pronoun, which is called the referent of the relative pronoun.
9. Genitive Phrases
10. A genitive phrase is a phrase that begins with the word “of.”
11. A genitive phrase modifies a noun.
12. How to Indent Subordinate Phrases
13. Indent all subordinate phrases one tab past the beginning of their anchor phrase, with the exception of genitive phrases.
14. Indent genitive phrases to the right of their head noun.
15. Remember to keep subjects and verbs, and verbs and direct objects, on the same line.
16. All About Lists
17. A list is two phrases or more coordinate with each other where the initial phrase is indented within its own phrase, containing one subject with multiple verbs, one verb with multiple objects, or one preposition with multiple objects.
18. A list provides greater accuracy in block-diagramming a passage.