5.4.10 WW Quiz, Little War, Modifier Errors

​This example uses two parallel stanzas. This means that the stanzas are set up in a similar way. Here, each stanza starts with "I dream of." Then, each stanza includes a descriptive list.

​In this example, there are three parallel lines at the end of the stanza. Each of these lines starts with the part of an animal, has an action word in the middle, and finally states something that the object represents. Because each line is set up in the same pattern, that means they are parallel.

​Later in the poem, the writer uses a similar parallel structure again. In this case, the lines start with descriptive words and a plant. Then, there is an action word, and finally, what the plant represents.

​The second and third stanzas are parallel. Both of them start with an adverb. Then, they describe the war. On one hand, Rosa is glad that the war is brief, but, on the other hand, she is upset that more people died for no real change.

​What does futile mean?

Futile means something is pointless. In this case, Rosa calls the war futile because rebels still have not gained more freedom.

​Overall, this poem shows the reader more about Rosa's character. Words like "too soon" and "mercifully" combined with the sentiment in the last stanza make Rosa seem pretty exhausted and disappointed with her circumstance.

​The first example reads: I put the photo on the refrigerator that Maddie gave me. The modifying phrase is that Maddie gave me. Right now, this means Maddie gave the speaker a refrigerator.

To correct this sentence, you would write: I put the photo that Maddie gave me on the refrigerator.

​The next example has a dangling modifier. It reads: Angry, the door was slammed. The modifier is Angry, but right now that does not accurately describe a person or thing in the sentence. Information has to be added for the modifier to make sense.

To correct this sentence, you could write: Dana, feeling extremely angry, slammed the door.