PPT-Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

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. Name Date – Exercise 2 This handout accompanies Exercise 2 of Grammar Bytes! Get the answers by doing the interactive version of the exercise at this address: http://ch ompchomp.com/exerci . based. . on. . Connectives. FSTA 2012. Pliant. . system. (. negation. ) . Pliant. . system. (. t-norm. , . t-conorm. ). Pliant. . system. Pliant. operator (. uninorm. ). Modalities. . induced. . What is a modifier?. . Adjective or Adverb?. . Good and Well. . Comparison of Modifiers. . Regular comparison. . Irregular comparison. . Use of comparative and superlative forms. . The Double Negative. “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. Correcting and Avoiding Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers. Identifying Dangling Modifiers. The SAT/PSAT writing section contains problems involving complex and compound-complex sentences. These sentences, which contain numerous interrelated facts and details, generally contain errors. Often, . 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.”. 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.. Name Date – 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: http://cho mpchomp.com/exercise NEC FACET Center. What is a Modifier?. A word or groups of words that describes, limits, or qualifies the meaning of another word of phrase.. Modifiers can be a word, a phrase, or a clause.. For example:. S - 9 Revised Summer 2012 1 MISPLACED MODIFIERS A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase or clause that is awkwardly placed in the sentence so that it does not describe what the writer wanted it to des 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. 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:. Looking under the bed, my birthday gift was spotted. .. -Looking . under the bed, I spotted my birthday gift. .. Wrapped . in silver foil, I ate my hamburger. . . -I . ate my hamburger that had been wrapped in silver foil. 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..