<span>these are examples of dangling modifers:
I was late for the school bus again. Running for the bus, my book fell in the mud.
(Was the book running for the school bus? It's the only nearby noun beside mud.)
Deciding to join the navy, the recruiter enthusiastically pumped Joe's hand.
(Was the recruiter deciding to join the navy? The only other option is Joe's hand.)
Upon entering the doctor's office, a skeleton caught my attention.
(Was the skeleton entering the doctor's office? The only other option is my attention.)
in the example you gave "the point" did not read the essay, the only other option is :unclear. So the answer is C.</span>
Aeolus<span> presents Odysseus with a </span>bag<span> containing all of the winds, and he stirs up a westerly wind to guide Odysseus and his </span>crew<span> home. ... This time, however, </span>Aeolus <span>refuses to help them, certain that the gods hate Odysseus and wish to do him harm.</span>
Answer:
1) I like to listen to music most of the time, but when I have to study I have to study. 2) I love helping my mom cook; but sometimes she can be very annoying when she keeps saying I am doing it wrong. 3) My passion for helping others is out of this world; but when People are mean to each other it aggravates me.
The examples of foreshadowing in paragraph nine are the following:
- "[...] it was the beginning of the experience that in some inexplicable way marked the end of innocence."
- "[...] it involved some secret, secret thoughts of one of the Harris boys across the yard."
Foreshadowing is the literary effect in which the author suggests certain development of events that might happen later in the story. As a result, it motivates the reader to continue the account and prepares him or her for future outcomes of the text.
