Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers -Tues Jan 9

Dangling Modifiers

By Frank Duplessis

Multiple Choice

Filled with cream, covered in chocolate frosting, and dusted with sprinkles, you will enjoy this cupcake.

• Dangling Modifier

• No Dangling Modifier

Multiple Choice

Select the correct answer.

As a teacher, patience is important.

• Dangling Modifier

• No Dangling Modifier

Multiple Choice

Select the correct answer.

While driving down the highway, we saw a deer.

• Dangling Modifier

• No Dangling Modifier

Multiple Choice

Determine if the example is correct or if it contains a misplaced modifier?

The intruder was led away by the police in handcuffs.

• Correct

• Misplaced Modifier

Multiple Choice

Which sentence corrects the misplaced modifier?

The cracked girl's glasses were thrown away.

• The girl's cracked glasses were thrown away.

• The glasses of the cracked girl were thrown away.

Multiple Choice

"The salesman sold the picture to the short woman in the silver frame." A correct version is:

• The salesman sold the silver picture to the short framed woman.

• The salesman sold the framed picture to the short silver woman.

• The silver salesman sold the picture to the short framed woman.

• The salesman sold the picture in the silver frame to the short woman.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written MOST clearly and correctly?

• Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, the bottle of cold water quenched Donovan's thirst.

• Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, Donovan quenched his thirst with a bottle of cold water.

• Gasping after the 5-mile run in the summer sun, Donovan's thirst was quenched with a bottle of cold water.