Dangling
Modifiers
Audie
Justin
Navid
Treza
Ungsan
Zach
OWL Review
(I Do + You Do)
General Lecture
(I Do)
• General Antecedent Agreement
• Missing or Mismatched Antecedent
• Unclear Antecedent
• Ambiguous Antecedent
• Faraway Antecedent
Activity in Pairs
(You Do)
• Students were required to bring their own papers.
• They are given the chance to actually apply what
they have learned to finding out the errors they had
made.
Treza’s Students Case
(You Do)
• However, the film fails to pass the Bechdel Test – a bottomline standard for movies created by Alison Bechdel.
• All of the leading men interact with one or both of these
women, but the two remain strangely silent towards each
other, especially considering that the director is selfproclaimed feminist Joss Whedon
• As the woman seen in the film is in no state to say no, posing
the question would someone who is paid to represent the
views of our country qualify this as rape.
In-class Activity
- Crime Report !
At the Granger estate, an unidentified woman was found with a
female doll in her hand, no longer breathing. She was in the
fireplace, still warm and covered in ash. Officer Maria Rodriguez
arrived at the scene of the crime at 12:02. Without knowing her
name, it was difficult to identify her. Police on the scene
observed that she looked ashen. Having checked the body for
bruises, the ambulance arrived on the scene. After examining
all the evidence, the perpetrator is still at large.
In-class Activity
- Crime Report !
At the Granger estate, an unidentified woman was found with a
female doll in her hand, no longer breathing. She was in the
fireplace, still warm and covered in ash. Officer Maria Rodriguez
arrived at the scene of the crime at 12:02. Without knowing her
name, it was difficult to identify her. Police on the scene
observed that she looked ashen. Having checked the body for
bruises, the ambulance arrived on the scene. After examining
all the evidence, the perpetrator is still at large.
Student Presentation
(You Do Again)
Referring to the Purdue OWL, write 3 sentence
paragraph that contains dangling modifier errors.
!
Suppose that you are teaching grammar as a teacher.
You may give us other examples of misuse, point out or
ask us what is wrong, then show us how to fix them.
!
In either way, you are required to print out (or write
down) your presentation scenario with your name on it,
and submit that to me.