Identify the choice that best describes the problem for the sentences in questions 3–4. Hoping for a warm day, the picnic supplies were all packed. (1 point) Responses misplaced modifier misplaced modifier - no response given dangling modifier dangling modifier - no response given phrase fragment phrase fragment - incorrect none of the above
The choice that best describes the problem for the sentence "Hoping for a warm day, the picnic supplies were all packed." is:
dangling modifier
This is because "Hoping for a warm day" is a participial phrase that appears to modify the subject that immediately follows it, which in this sentence is "the picnic supplies." However, picnic supplies cannot hope for a warm day; a person does that. The sentence lacks a proper subject to which the modifier can logically attach, leaving the modifier dangling.
your sure
Yes, I'm confident that the choice "dangling modifier" is the best description for the issue in the sentence provided. A dangling modifier is a phrase or clause that is not clearly and logically related to the word or words it modifies (i.e., it's left "dangling"). In the sentence "Hoping for a warm day, the picnic supplies were all packed," the modifier creates an illogical implication that the picnic supplies were doing the hoping.
To correct the issue, the sentence should be rewritten to include the subject doing the hoping, such as:
"Hoping for a warm day, we packed all the picnic supplies."
This revision clearly connects the introductory participial phrase to the subject "we," making it clear who is doing the hoping.
To identify the choice that best describes the problem for the sentence in question, we need to understand the concepts of modifiers and sentence structure.
In this sentence, the phrase "hoping for a warm day" is placed at the beginning of the sentence, which creates a misplaced modifier. A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that adds information or modifies a word or phrase in the sentence. It should be placed next to the word or phrase it modifies to avoid confusion.
To fix this sentence, we can rephrase it as: "The picnic supplies were all packed, hoping for a warm day." By placing the modifier closer to the word it modifies, we eliminate the problem of a misplaced modifier.
Therefore, the correct choice that describes the problem for this sentence is "misplaced modifier."