Identify the italicized nouns. Choose subject, direct object, indirect object, predicate nominative, or object of a preposition.

The advertisement was a want-ad about cooks.
(Want-ad is italicized)

The advertisement was a want-ad about cooks.
(Advertisement is italicized)

The advertisement was a want-ad about cooks.
(Cooks is italicized)

My mother gave Justin the advertisement.
(Justin is italicized)

My mother gave Justin the advertisement.
(Advertisement is italicized)

Answers are: predicate nominative, subject, direct object, object of a preposition, indirect object

Read the paragraph. theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reform. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the wealthy and powerful corporations and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities. which sentence is the thesis of this paragraph? theodore roosevelt was the greatest president because as a leader of the progressive party, he brought about much-needed social, political, and economic reforms. one of his economic reforms was to break up many large business trusts. by doing so, he took economic power out of the hands of the people and placed it in the hands of the ordinary people. theodore roosevelt’s reform policies, known as the square deal, to give the average citizen an equal share of opportunities.