Which sentence contains a participial phrase that is placed correctly? jose paid for a hamburger scanning the cafeteria for an empty seat. peeling off her winter jacket, sierra settled into the cozy armchair. made of soft wool, nadia pulled on a blue sweater. the cowboy jumped from the horse laughing in the face of danger.

The sentence that contains a participial phrase placed correctly is the following one: Peeling off her winter jacket, Sierra settled into the cozy armachair.

Explanation:

The sentence above contains a present participle.  All phrases require two or more words, so participle phrases generally include objects and modifiers. What is more, participle phrases always function as adjectives, adding description to the sentence. In the sentence above, the present participle phrase"peeling off her winter jacket" premodifies the noun head "Sierra".

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