What is the first step to diagramming a sentence: start by drawing a horizontal line. What is the 2nd step for diagramming a sentence: Find the verb, and write it on the right half of the horizontal line. What is the 3rd step for diagramming a sentence: Find the subject, and write it on the left half of the horizontal line. After finding the verb and the subject, what is the next step: draw a vertical line that intersects through the horizontal line, separating the subject and verb. Where do you place adjectives on a diagram: on a diagonal line below the noun it is modifying. Where do you place adverbs on a diagram: on a diagonal line below the verb it is modifying. Where do you place a direct object on a diagram: on the horizontal line after the verb. Which line do you use to separate the verb and direct object: a vertical line that touches the horizontal line but does NOT intersect the horizontal line