All of these sentences are written correctly except one. identify the sentence with a dangling modifier. a) when i was only a small boy, my father taught me to ride a bike. b) my father told me that when i was a small boy i played outside for hours. eliminate c) when only a small boy, my father took me with him to visit my aunt cassandra. d) my father, when only a small boy, worked seven hours a day on his family farm.

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death