Say “sentence diagramming” to people of a certain age, and you get reactions ranging from, “Oh, I was really good at that in eighth grade,” to “Mrs. Green made us diagram The Rime of the ...

It’s no wonder that sentence diagrams have made their way into art. Here are 6 creative uses of sentence diagramming. 1. Our Own Effort (Proust) Click to enlarge.

I read an article last month about the lost art of diagramming sentences, a once-required skill that many American children had to master if they wanted to pass English back in the mid-20th century.