An engaging and educative image representing examples of misplaced and dangling modifiers. The image could depict four scenes corresponding to the four different sentences in the question. Scene 1: A person (Caucasian male) grumbling about a surprise party. Scene 2: A figure (Hispanic female) concentrating on reading an essay by Paul, with facial expressions suggesting that the essay's research is sub-par. Scene 3: An artist (Black female) painting murals and listening to Cuban music. Scene 4: Showing a visual metaphor of someone (Asian male) attempting to make perfect lasagna led by an authentic Italian recipe. No text to be included in the image.

21.

Which of the following sentences contains a misplaced modifier? (1 point)
⦁ I can’t believe I heard you complain about your surprise party!
⦁ Reading Paul’s essay, it was apparent his research skills were poor.
⦁ Alexis painted the murals listening to Cuban music.
⦁ To make perfect lasagna, an authentic Italian recipe is a good place to start. *****

22.
Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier? (1 point)
⦁ Playing with the children, it was obvious they had a great time.
⦁ The nurse arranged the medications on the tray, talking to the doctor. *****
⦁ In order to get good grades, you need to apply yourself more in class.
⦁ We spotted a curious scene filming the market last Sunday.

22. C

23. A

21. C. The mural was not listening to Cuban music.

grace is right! 23 is

Playing with the children, it was obvious they had a great time.
I picked B and I got it wrong :/

21 is wrong. 22 is right.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/misplacedmodifier.htm

Could you help me understand misplaced modifiers a little better

Thanks

C?? What I read was it needs an adjective describing it before the noun right?

21. To identify the sentence that contains a misplaced modifier, we need to understand what a misplaced modifier is. A misplaced modifier is a word or phrase that is placed in a sentence in a way that it modifies the wrong word or phrase, causing confusion or ambiguity.

Let's evaluate each sentence:

⦁ "I can't believe I heard you complain about your surprise party!" - No misplaced modifier.
⦁ "Reading Paul's essay, it was apparent his research skills were poor." - The phrase "Reading Paul's essay" is a misplaced modifier because it is separated from the subject it is intended to modify (it should modify "it" instead of "Paul's essay").
⦁ "Alexis painted the murals listening to Cuban music." - No misplaced modifier.
⦁ "To make perfect lasagna, an authentic Italian recipe is a good place to start." - No misplaced modifier.

Therefore, the sentence that contains a misplaced modifier is: "Reading Paul's essay, it was apparent his research skills were poor."

22. To identify the sentence that contains a dangling modifier, we need to understand what a dangling modifier is. A dangling modifier is a word or phrase that doesn't have a clear subject to modify, leading to confusion or illogical meaning.

Let's evaluate each sentence:

⦁ "Playing with the children, it was obvious they had a great time." - This sentence contains a dangling modifier because the subject of the main clause ("it was obvious") does not match the subject of the modifying phrase ("playing with the children").
⦁ "The nurse arranged the medications on the tray, talking to the doctor." - No dangling modifier.
⦁ "In order to get good grades, you need to apply yourself more in class." - No dangling modifier.
⦁ "We spotted a curious scene filming the market last Sunday." - No dangling modifier.

Therefore, the sentence that contains a dangling modifier is: "Playing with the children, it was obvious they had a great time."