IXL | Misplaced modifiers with pictures | 11th grade language arts

Which sentence better matches the image?

A snowy mountaintop with eyes squints at the sun.

Squinting against the sunlight, I saw the mountain's snowy peak come into view.

Squinting against the sunlight, the mountain's snowy peak came into view.

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Which sentence better matches the image?

A large telephone wearing glasses rests in a chair reading a book.

After passing a leisurely morning reading in the living room, I heard the telephone ring.

After passing a leisurely morning reading in the living room, the telephone rang.

key idea

A modifier is a word or phrase that modifies, or describes, another word or phrase. When a modifier seems to describe something other than what's intended, the resulting sentence can suggest a confusing or even nonsensical meaning.

A misplaced modifier is a modifier that appears to modify the wrong word or phrase because it is too far from the word or phrase that it should modify.

Winston saw monkeys and peacocks on vacation in India.

This sentence has a misplaced modifier. It suggests that the monkeys and peacocks were on vacation.

On vacation in India, Winston saw monkeys and peacocks.

This sentence suggests that Winston was on vacation.

A dangling modifier is a modifier that appears to modify the wrong word or phrase because the word or phrase that it should modify is missing from the sentence.

Trying to fall asleep, the sheets felt uncomfortably hot.

This sentence has a dangling modifier. It suggests that the sheets were trying to fall asleep.

Trying to fall asleep, the child felt uncomfortably hot in the sheets.

This sentence includes the noun that the modifier is intended to describe. It suggests that the child was trying to fall asleep.

solution

The second sentence matches the image. Because the modifier after passing a leisurely morning reading in the living room is adjacent to the telephone, this sentence suggests that the telephone had been reading in the living room.

After passing a leisurely morning reading in the living room, the telephone rang.

In the first sentence, after passing a leisurely morning reading in the living room modifies I.

After passing a leisurely morning reading in the living room, I heard the telephone ring.

This sentence does not match the image. Instead, it suggests that I had been reading in the living room.

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