Read the following sentence with a misplaced modifier: Sparkling in the midday sun, the birds splashed and preened in the water.
Which revision places the modifier correctly?

Sparkling in the midday sun, the water birds splashed and preened.

Water, sparkling in the midday sun, the birds splashed and preened in it.

The birds, sparkling in the midday sun, splashed and preened in the water.

The birds splashed and preened in the water sparkling in the midday sun.

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.