PDF-Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Name Date x2013 E xercise 5 This handout accompanies Exercise 5 of Grammar Bytes Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address httpcho mpchompcomexercise. Group 3. Tessa Pierce, . Tailyr. Mack, Diana Perez, . Thomas McCullough. Modifiers. Modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that refer to other elements in the sentence (referents). . The location of the modifier determines the meaning of the sentence.. Name Date – Exercise 3 Thi s handout accompanies Exercise 3 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://ch ompchomp.com/exercis “Understanding Space”. Activator. What’s wrong with this picture?. Guided Questions. What’s wrong with this picture?. What’s wrong with this sentence?. How can we re-write it correctly?. Activator. From the. UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #71. . The misplaced modifier is placed too close to some other noun or pronoun which it does not intend to modify. An adjective, an adverb, or a phrase or clause used as an adjective or adverb should refer to a specific word in the same sentence and be placed close to it so that the relationship is clear. A modifier is misplaced if intervening words obscure the relationship between it and the word it is intended to modify.. for February 28, 2014. Take out your corrected PoW. I will come around to collect these. If you don’t have it, take out your agenda.. Write in your agenda.. Demonstrate knowledge of writing skills on a test.. I John 2:12-17. “Misplaced Love”. Love . not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.. What are Modifiers?. Modifiers are words or phrases that give a bit more information about a subject being described.. Modifiers help make writing more vivid and interesting to read.. BUT: There are some things to look out for when using them…. NINDA. What's a dangling modifier?. A MODIFIER IS A WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE THAT ADD DESCRIPTION TO THINGS.. A DANGLING MODIFIER IS WHEN YOUR MODIFIERS HAVE NO SUBJECT.. "hungry, the cake was eaten" <-- no subject. Pascha. Dangling Modifiers. Modifiers . are words that are used in a sentence to better describe the statement.. While . dangling modifiers . are words that used to describe the sentence, however resulting in making the sentence more unclear.. misplaced modifiers. A Lesson in One of the Most Common 8. th. Grade Errors. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?. Dangling Participle:. Walking down the cliff. , . his smile went brighter.. Misplaced Modifier:. The difference between clarity and awkwardness.. First things first…. What is a modifier, anyway?. Modifiers are . words. , . phrases. , or . clauses. that provide description in sentences. Modifiers allow writers to take the picture that they have in their heads and transfer it accurately to the heads of their readers.. Insert the word . only. in any of the eight positions to get eight different meanings. 3. “In addition to being ugly and inappropriate, the students often make grammatical errors on their signs.”. Modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that describe (modify) another word in a sentence.. Modifier examples:. the . blue. boat (word). the boat . in the garage. (phrase). the boat . that she brought. Modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that describe (modify) another word in a sentence.. Modifier examples:. the . blue. boat (word). the boat . in the garage. (phrase). the boat . that she brought.