The document discusses dangling modifiers and how to avoid them. It defines a dangling modifier as one that does not clearly modify a specific noun. Examples are given of dangling modifiers and how to fix them by specifying the noun being modified. The importance of avoiding dangling modifiers in writing is emphasized.

1. Dangling Modifiers
GRAMMAR
7 TH GRADE LANGUAGE

2. The Rule
 Avoid dangling modifiers in your writing.
 Remember:
 Modifier: describes, clarifies, or gives more detail
 Dangling modifier:
 We don’t know who/what it’s modifying
 Modifier describes the wrong noun

3. Examples
 Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned
on.
 After arriving late for school, a tardy slip was needed.
 Before making his point, the talking stick was
acquired.

4. How to Fix
 Having finished the assignment, Anna turned on the TV.
 After arriving late for school, Grady needed a tardy slip.
 Before making his point, Mr Buckwalter acquired the
talking stick.

5. Practice
 To verify the results, the experiment was tried a
second time.
 Before exercising, stretching is necessary.
 Running for the bus, my book fell in the mud.

6. Answers
 To verify the results, Jerry tried the experiment a
second time.
 Before exercising, you need to stretch.
 Running for the bus, I dropped my book in the mud.