What does indirect mean in language arts?

Answer 1

The indirect object is often used right before a direct object and doesnot follow a preposition, as illustrated in the phrases above. If a preposition is used, then the word becomes the object of that preposition, as in the following, where to and for are prepositions and man and yourself are their objects: I throw the ball to you. Ball is the direct object and you is the indirect object because ball rephrase what you throw and you rephrase throw to whom?