Lesson 1 | The First Pass: Divide

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What we learned this lesson

1. The Big Idea of Phrasing
2. Phrasing is not Arcing, Bracketing, or grammatical diagramming.
3. Phrasing is a grammar-oriented tool for breaking down a passage for in-depth study.
4. The Five Passes (DIALS)
5. Divide the passage into phrases.
6. Indent the subordinate phrases.
7. Add arrows to relate the phrases.
8. Label the relationships between the phrases.
9. Savor the passage.
10. The Nine Types of Phrases
11. Conjunction phrases
12. Participle phrases
13. Infinitive phrases
14. Prepositional phrases
15. Appositional phrases
16. Relative phrases
17. Substantival phrases
18. Genitive phrases
19. Unmarked phrases
20. Zooming in on the First Pass
21. Divide according to English punctuation.
22. Look for instances of the nine types of phrases, and divide accordingly.
23. You may need to extract some phrases For instance, to keep a subject on the same line as its verb or a verb on the same line as its direct object.
24. In the “Mine” column, label each type of phrase.