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zaharov [31]
3 years ago
10

An awestruck crowd watched as the bright, colorful swirls of fireworks lit up the night sky with childlike glee. What is the mis

placed modifier in this sentence?
English
2 answers:
mixas84 [53]3 years ago
8 0

Answer

I would say "childlike glee" is the misplaced modifier,

Definition of misplaced modifier: A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes.

Step 1: We know all firework give off brightness and color and it usually happens during the night, we can ignore those because those are proper.

Step 2: Now we have "awestruck crowd' and "childlike glee."

Definition of awestruck: to be full of complete wonder, amazement, or dread for something.

awestruck isn't a misplaced modifier because its not like nobody is going to ignore the fireworks-- everyone is going to look at them in amazement.

Step 3: Now we just have "childlike glee", it is a misplaced modifier because we are not sure what people (children/adults) are in the crowd. It wouldn't make sense if the adults gave a childlike glee so its a misplaced modifier.

Savatey [412]3 years ago
7 0
A modifier is a word(s) in a sentence that help describe a certain person/place/thing(noun).

Now, this may be incorrect, but I'm going to give you two options from an Author's prospective.

I would take away colorful. Because everyone know's fireworks tend to be full of color and excitement, it just seems a little bit too much extra to me. 

my second option would be to take away sky. Fireworks are known to be shown in the sky, and night seems like a detail you don't want to remove for the way it sounds. 

I hope this helps you! 
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