Which sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier? A. To exit the program, simply press the escape key. B. Finished with our lunch, the thought of dessert did not enter our minds. C. Long, slender trees ranging from 20 to 30 feet stretched to the skies. D. Maintaining a steady speed, the fan now worked perfectly.

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Answer 1

Answer: Modifiers are words or phrases that clearly define or describe what is being talked about in the sentence. On the other hand, a misplaced or dangling modifier is a word or phrase that does not clearly say describes what is being meant because the words used in the sentence are not in order. Of the following choices, the sentence that contains a misplaced or dangling modifier is B. Finished with our lunch, the thought if dessert did not enter our minds.

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Metonymy is a poetic device in which a thing is not called using its name, but rather with a similar concept. An example would be if you said "The white house declared" and ti is metonymy because it wasn't the white house who declared but rather the people who work in the white house. Apply this logic to the lines you have since you didn't provide any.

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O Hyperbole
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O Metaphor
Explain why

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Simile because usually when co paring things similes use words like or as

The introduction of a narrative essay should alwaysA. state a purpose.
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C. include dialogue.
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Answer:

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Explanation:

I'm sure that the answer is A

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b. before the helping verb.
c. at the end of the sentence.
d. after the helping verb.

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After the helping verb ,if it's an adverb of frequency
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He never arrives early (as there is no helping verb,the adverb goes before the main verb.

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This phrase is from Shakespeare's Richard III in the opening of the play. The first four lines with the given one is:

Now is the winter of our discontent

Made glorious summer by this son of York,

And all the clouds that loured upon our house

In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.

The meaning is that all the troubles of the family have ended and thanks to, King Edward IV. All the clouds that threatened the York family have vanished away.

It is a metaphor for troubles and hard times. He says that these "clouds" are now gone, and this is due to the fact that "the winter of his discontent" is over, due to the joyous reign of king Edward IV.

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Answer:

New York is the city that never sleeps

Explanation:

New Yorkers of course sleep, it's just always busy.

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