1 / 9

Misplaced Modifiers

Misplaced Modifiers. By: Mackenzie Finley. Pre-Teaching Activity. What is a modifier? What is a misplaced modifier? How many kinds are there? What are they? What are some single-worded modifiers that are usually misplaced?. Answers.

willis
Télécharger la présentation

Misplaced Modifiers

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Misplaced Modifiers By: Mackenzie Finley

  2. Pre-Teaching Activity • What is a modifier? • What is a misplaced modifier? • How many kinds are there? • What are they? • What are some single-worded modifiers that are usually misplaced?

  3. Answers • A modifier is a word, phrase or clause that “modifies” another word phrase or clause. • A misplaced modifier is a word, phrase or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies/describes. • 3 • Misplaced adjectives, the placement of adverbs, and misplaced phrases and clauses. • Only, almost, just, even, merely, hardly and nearly.

  4. Misplaced Modifiers • A misplaced modifier is a word, phraseor clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies/describes. Wrong: On her way home, Ralea found a gold man’s watch. Right: On her way home, Ralea found a man’s gold watch.

  5. Misplaced Adjectives • Misplaced adjectives are incorrectly seperated from the nouns they modify and almost always distort the intended meaning. Wrong: the child ate a cold bowl of cereal for breakfast. Right: The child ate a bowl of cold cereal for breakfast.

  6. Placement of adverbs • Placement of adverbs can also change the meaning of the sentence. • just means only John was picked no one else: Just John was picked to host the program. • Just means John was picked now: John was just picked to host the program. • Just means the John hosted only the program: John was picked to host just the program.

  7. Misplaced Phrases • Misplaced phrases may cause a sentence to sound awkward and create a meaning that does not make sense. Wrong: The three students talked in the corner doing homework. Right: The three students doing homework talked in the corner.

  8. Misplaced clauses • Misplaced clauses may cause a sentence to sound awkward and create a meaning that does not make sense. Wrong: The teacher gave homework to the kids that were really hard. Right: The teacher gave homework that was really hard to the kids.

  9. Any Questions????

More Related