Go plant some trees and flowers.
Answer:
Let's discuss the meaning of these modifiers first.
A misplaced modifier, as the name suggests, is a word that modifies the wrong word, thus changing the meaning of the sentence (An old child's shirt was used to stop the bleeding - this would suggest that a shirt belonged to an old child, which is highly unlikely. Correct way to say this is A child's old shirt was used...)
A dangling modifier is a modifier that can not be logically connected to the word it modifies, most often because the word it modifies is left out of the sentence (When five years old, my mom remarried - it would be absurd if someone married, let alone remarried at the age of five. This modifier lacks the word it modifies: when I was five years old, my mom remarried).
We can conclude that the correct way to revise these sentences is to change a modifier's place (if misplaced) or add its modifying word (if dangling).
In our example, we see that the map was useless because someone (possibly the reader) was confused by its symbols. However, the confused reader is left out of this sentence, so it might seem as if the map was confused, which is highly illogical.
So, this is an example of a <em>dangling modifier</em> and the best way to revise this sentence is to add a missing modifying word.
"Since Jack was confused by the symbols, the map was useless" could be one of the correct revisions.
That i was to late when he got there , the guy had already forgotten who he was .
Answer:
A. cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles."
B. These similes are ironic because they create images of old-fashioned childhood innocence
Explanation:
We can define simile as a word use to compare two things using as and like. When Wendy and Peter arrive at home from the carnival they'd been visiting, the narrator says that they were "coming in the front door, cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes
Irony is the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
In this story, the similes used to describe Peter and Wendy make them seem incredibly innocent and childlike. They don't even want dinner because they are full of strawberry ice cream and hot dogs: more signs of their innocence which they are not.
