Identify the sentence that contains a misplaced or dangling modifier. a. after getting several open double quotecare packagesclose double quote from their parents, the children at the summer camp had an ample supply of cookies stashed away. b. although daphne tried to explain that silk was not the most practical choice for a travel wardrobe, the customer insisted on purchasing the blouse. c. having fallen behind the sofa cushion, i couldn't find my car keys for almost an hour. d. working in a restaurant on the weekends, joe gets several free meals as part of his job.

The sentence that contains a dangling modifier is C. Having fallen behind the sofa cushion, I couldn't find my car keys for almost an hour.

A dangling modifier is an ambiguous sentence in which the reader is not sure what the modifier modifies. In this case, grammatically speaking, "having fallen behind the sofa cushion" is modifying "I" when the intended meaning was, probably, that the keys had fallen behind the sofa cushion and that is why the writer could not find them for an hour.

C) Having fallen behind the sofa cushion, I couldn't find my car keys for almost an hour.

"car keys" should be the subject after the comma instead of "I".

This way the sentence would be saying the car keys have fallen behind the sofa cushion instead of you!

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i go to the store and buy some cheese,suddenly there was akward silence.   out of no where comes a ninja, and he takes an apple, and chokes the cashier, until he passes out.   the disapeared in a puff of smoke.   the cashier went to the doctor, and everything was fine again.   they all lived happily ever after without anymore ninjas.

the end

go to buy cheese= exposition

akaward silence= rising action

ninja chokes the cashier= climax

cashier goes to the doctor= falling action

they live happily ever after= resolution