_____ 12. Which sentence does not contain a misplaced or dangling modifier?
A. Written in heroic couplets, a trivial matter is portrayed as a great catastrophe in Pope’s
witty poem.
B. Pope’s witty poem is about a trivial matter portrayed as a great catastrophe written in
heroic couplets.

C. Portrayed as a great catastrophe, Pope’s witty poem centers on a trivial matter and is
written in heroic couplets.

D. Written in heroic couplets, Pope’s witty poem portrays a trivial matter as a great
catastrophe.