1. Sentence Parts: Objects and Phrases

2. Direct Objects *We analyzed. We analyzed the data. We wrote.
A direct object is the noun that is receiving the action of the verb.
Some verbs must take an object
2. Some verbs may take an object. It’s correct with or without.
3. Some verbs cannot take an object
*We analyzed.
We analyzed the data.
We wrote.
She disappeared.
*She disappeared the dog.

3. Direct Objects The boy broke the dish.
What did the boy break? The boy broke the dish. Dish is the direct object of the sentence because it is receiving the action.

4. Direct Objects
Example #1: Melissa took the paper. Subject: Melissa Verb: took DO: the paper

5. He called her yesterday.
Direct Objects
Example #2
He called her yesterday.
Subject: He
Verb: called
Direct Object: her

6. Justin gave his girlfriend a diamond ring.
Indirect Objects
The indirect object is the secondary receiver of the action in a sentence. For example:
Justin gave his girlfriend a diamond ring.
Subject: Justin
Verb: gave
Direct Object: ring

7. Justin gave his girlfriend a diamond ring.
Indirect Objects
Justin gave his girlfriend a diamond ring.
To whom did Justin give a diamond ring? He gave a diamond ring to his girlfriend. “Girlfriend” is the indirect object of this sentence.
“Girlfriend” cannot be the direct object of the sentence because Justin did not give his girlfriend. He gave a diamond ring.

8. Appositives and Appositive Phrases
Essential Question:
Why do we want to use Appositives and Appositive Phrases in our writing?

9. Definition An appositive is:
A noun or pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to:
identify,
rename, or
explain the preceding word.

10. Examples of appositives
The painter Pablo Picasso lived in Spain.
I want to visit Spain’s famous museum, The Prado.
The painting Guernica impressed my father

11. Appositive Phrase An appositive phrase is:
A noun or pronoun with modifiers (describing words).
It stands next to a noun or pronoun and adds information or details.

12. Examples of appositive phrases
Willa Cather, an American novelist, wrote My Antonia.
Lisbon, a thriving port in Portugal, has often been the scene of espionage.
The shopping center—a network of cars, shops, and people-- provides many jobs.