[header] How to analyze sentences [title] Learn the parts of speech. [step] The words in a sentence are given names according to the type of function they serve in the sentence. There are 8 parts of speech : [substeps] Nouns are words that represent persons, places, or things. 
Examples include' ' boy ,"' ' girl ,"' ' cat' ,' ' ' dog' ,' ' ' grass", and' ' home". Pronouns are words that stand in for nouns so they don't have to be repeated.