The system of diagramming used in this book was introduced by Stephen Clark in 1847， modified by Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg some thirty years later， and expanded by Homer C。 House and Susan Emolyn Harman in 1931。 In addition to hundreds of model diagrams and many pages of explanatory material， Drawing Sentences contains scores of exercises， diagramming solutions for all sentences of all exercises， unit tests （and answers） in Parts One and Two， a detailed table of contents， a preface on the history of diagramming， an impressive section of grammatical terms and diagramming symbols， and an index。 The goal is nothing less than a thorough knowledge of English grammar。

Part One contains 115 model diagrams and 250 sentences for students to diagram。 Part One has eight units， each consisting of three lessons and one review page。 Thirteen pages of answers （i。e。， diagrams of all 250 sentences） are found at the end of Part One。

Part Two begins where Part One ends and has the same basic structure。 Part Two provides 82 model diagrams and 201 sentences for students to diagram。 Twenty-one pages of answers （i。e。， diagrams of all 201 sentences） are found at the end of Part Two。

Parts One and Two have eight unit tests each as well as solutions for all tests。

Part Three contains 115 diagramming examples ranging in difficulty from very easy to very difficult， 30 exercises containing 274 sentences to be diagrammed， a separate answer section with a diagram and a verbal analysis of each sentence， and a concluding section of 30 sentences of medium length （with solutions）， intended as a review of most of the diagramming concepts presented in the book。

Drawing Sentences is the perfect choice for elementary-， middle-， and high-school teachers and for homeschool moms and dads。 They can acquire a thorough knowledge of sentence diagramming by working through Part Three， thereby preparing themselves to guide their students through Parts One and Two。 Part Three can also be used by industrious students to complement and supplement Parts One and Two。

Eugene Moutoux， educator and author， taught at four universities and three high schools prior to his retirement in 2004。 He has written books on sentence diagramming， Latin derivatives， and the German language， and maintains a large website that includes， among other things， a German course， Latin derivatives， and sentence diagrams。

Around the turn of the century， Gene's penchant for grammar led him to a thorough study of sentence diagramming， the rudiments of which he， like Kitty Burns Florey， author of Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog， learned as a child from an elementary-school teacher。

Gene lives in Goshen， Kentucky， just northeast of Louisville。 He is the father of three children and the grandfather of seven。 He has a Ph。D。 in German from the University of California at Santa Barbara。


http://www。german-latin-english。com/d。。。