Take another look at the sentence:

Scolding the noisy teenagers, the library returned to silence.

Scolding the noisy teenagers, a participle phrase, comes right before library, an illogical target. People, not buildings, have mouths that can scold! Before you continue, review the rules for misplaced and dangling modifiers.

Go back to the sentence to try again.

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