Question

Select the misplaced or dangling modifier.

Slowly ascending the roller coaster, the fairground below looked increasingly small, like
a miniature model of itself.

Answer 1

The dangling modifier is: "Slowly ascending the roller coaster."

Why: It incorrectly attaches to "the fairground below" (which cannot ascend).

Possible corrections:
- "Slowly ascending the roller coaster, I watched the fairground below, which looked increasingly small, like a miniature model of itself."
- "As the roller coaster slowly ascended, the fairground below looked increasingly small, like a miniature model of itself."