Enhancing Your English Grammar Skills with Modifiers and Personification

Question 1

The sentence contains a correct modifier.

Question 2

In The Guitar, Lorca personifies the guitar by comparing it to a child's cry to...

The correct answer is heart that is broken.

Question 3

Read the following sentences from Poor Fish...

• 1. A - misplaced modifier
• 2. D - heart that is broken
• 3. C - person vs society
• 4. C - "It was the first time that a woman, even a woman like Ida, had said things like this to me, and I lost my head. I gave her all the answers she wanted, and a great deal more as well."
• 5. B - remains bewildered regarding Ida's continuing adoration for him
• 6. D - "At this, the woman started to laugh, and Ida, hissing like a viper, broke in: 'There's nothing to laugh at...instead of laughing you'd better stop rubbing yourself against my husband...i suppose you think I didn't see you... You've been rubbing your arm up against him the whole time.'"

What are some tips for identifying and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers?

To identify and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers, it's important to determine which word or phrase the modifier is intended to describe. If the modifier is placed in a location that causes confusion or misinterpretation, it is considered misplaced. If the modifier does not have a clear subject to describe, it is dangling.

To correct these errors, simply reposition the modifier to ensure it is next to the word or phrase it is modifying. This will help improve the clarity and coherence of the sentence.