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Worksheets8th Grade Comp Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins
Identify the type of sentence.
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aurelian Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Identify the type of sentence.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Identify the type of sentence.
There were white-out conditions in the town; therefore, the roads were impassable.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Identify the type of sentence.
I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
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Even if the child is hungry, he will never eat oatmeal, but he will always eat ice cream.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Identify the type of sentence.
It is important to vote when the time comes, or you won't get a say in new laws.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Identify the type of sentence.
The sincerity and durability of American negotiating efforts could also affect looming talks between Mr. Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Identify the type of sentence.
Massive cancellation of results followed the massive leakage of the national examination in the year in question.
Complex
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Identify the compound-complex sentence.
Massive cancellation of results followed the massive leakage of the national examination in the year in question.
In an interview with the Hausa service of the Voice of America, he voiced strong reservations about the now-popular call for state police in line with the principles of federalism.
Because I had to catch the train, and as we were short on time, I forgot to pack my toothbrush for our vacation.
The dog ran off when I chased him, but I didn't care.
The drought had lasted now for 10 million years, and the reign of the terrible lizards had long since ended.
Identify the complex sentence.
Massive cancellation of results followed the massive leakage of the national examination in the year in question.
Evergreen trees are a symbol of fertility because they do not die in the winter.
The dog needed a new leash, and he couldn't go for a walk until he had one.
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.
They must soon choose whether to fight Mr. Trump’s decision to re-impose sanctions on Iran.
Identify the type of phrase.
We finished our very first yoga class, our souls replenished.
Absolute
Gerund
Infinitive
Participial
Identify the type of phrase.
Lacey, heart pounding, stepped into his embrace.
Absolute
Gerund
Infinitive
Participial
Identify the type of phrase.
Once Tom gave the order, he started collecting all the evidence.
Absolute
Gerund
Infinitive
Participial
Identify the type of phrase.
Since completing his degree, his opportunities are endless.
Absolute
Gerund
Infinitive
Participial
Identify the type of phrase.
The only way to find the treasure chest is to meet with the fairy prince.
Absolute
Gerund
Infinitive
Participial
Identify the type of phrase.
Played by millions, soccer is popular all around the world.
Absolute
Gerund
Infinitive
Participial
Identify the type of phrase.
I smiled when I saw the baby panda bear somersaulting through the leaves.
Absolute
Gerund
Infinitive
Participial
Identify the type of infinitive phrase.
Aisling is planting a vegetable garden to eat organic foods right from her own backyard.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Identify the type of infinitive phrase.
Collum likes to meditate after a stressful day.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Identify the type of infinitive phrase.
The best book to help you understand fairy tales is titled Once Upon a Time.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Identify the type of prepositional phrase.
After the game will be too late for us to go to dinner.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Identify the type of prepositional phrase.
To find the person who stole the last cookie, look behind you.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Identify the type of prepositional phrase.
I always buy my milk from the convenience store on Main Street .
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Identify the type of prepositional phrase.
My mother has always wanted to live in a cabin by the lake .
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Identify the underlined phrase.
The bookshelf, a large piece of furniture, was moved into the house first.
Participial
Gerund
Appositive
Infinitive
Identify the underlined phrase.
Jasmine was the belle of the ball in her new dress, a turquoise ball gown.
Participial
Gerund
Appositive
Infinitive
Identify the type of dependent clause.
You can drop by for a visit where we're staying for the summer.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
No dependent clause
Identify the type of dependent clause.
The smart teenager, whose parents are my neighbors, went to a prestigious college.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
No dependent clause
Identify the type of dependent clause.
Harry's crowning achievement at school was when he became class president.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
No dependent clause
Identify the type of dependent clause.
Harry's crowning achievement at school was when he became class president.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
No dependent clause
Identify the type of dependent clause.
Massive cancellation of results followed the massive leakage of the national examination in the year in question.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
No dependent clause
Identify the type of dependent clause.
Charlie has a friend whose daughter lives in China.
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
No dependent clause
Identify the underlined element (commas omitted).
Tea that is caffeinated is a key part of my late-night writing routine.
Essential Clause
Essential Phrase
Nonessential Clause
Nonessential Phrase
Identify the underlined element (commas omitted).
Dr. Pepper which is caffeinated is a key part of my late-night writing routine.
Essential Clause
Essential Phrase
Nonessential Clause
Nonessential Phrase
Identify the type of irony
A writer is working on his manuscript, and it's a comedy. The days have been fraught with rain and clouds, bringing down his mood and hampering his ability to craft witty scenes. As he opens his blinds one morning, he sees the dark clouds outside again and says, "Great. Another rainy day. How wonderful."
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
Hyperbolic
Identify the type of irony
A woman has a Saint Bernard with a massive drooling problem. She tries to keep him off the sofa, but he loves pretending he's a lap dog. One night, he trots over to her and places a gigantic paw on her lap. He's looking at her with those sad brown eyes. "All right," she says. "You know how I just love dog drool on my sofa."
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
Hyperbolic
Identify the type of irony
In the movie The Birds, Melanie is seen walking up to the attic that has been closed off. She is unaware that this room is filled with the birds, while the audience knows they're there. She places her hand on the doorknob and hesitates before entering, giving the audience a moment of hope that she won't be attacked by the birds.
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
Hyperbolic
Identify the literary device
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify the literary device
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify the literary device
Her mouth was a fountain of delight. He would love to listen to her all day.
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify the literary device
The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid near and nearer the sill of the world.
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify the literary device
Delia was an overbearing cake with condescending frosting, and frankly, I was on a diet.
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify the literary device
O my Luve’s like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly played in tune.
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify any literary device in this passage.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify the literary device
The burger, aromatic with spices, made his mouth water in anticipation of the first bite.
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify the literary device
The starry night sky looked so beautiful that it begged him to linger, but he reluctantly left for home.
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Identify the literary device.
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Repetition
Simile
Identify the literary device.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Repetition
Simile
Identify the type of irony
An anti-technology group sets up a website to recruit new club members.
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
Hyperbolic
Identify the type of irony
A man who needs medical assistance is run over by the ambulance.
Dramatic
Situational
Verbal
Hyperbolic
Identify the literary element.
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Anaphora
Epiphora
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Identify any literary element.
Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls deified among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.
Anaphora
Epiphora
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Identify the literary element.
So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Identify the literary element.
There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem.
Anaphora
Epistrophe
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Identify the literary element.
We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us.
Chiasmus
Repetition
Paradox
Oxymoron
Identify the literary element.
I am a deeply superficial person.
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Paradox
Apostrophe
Identify the literary element.
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dryrot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Euphemism
Apostrophe
Identify the literary element.
They seemed to think the opportunity lost, if they failed to point the conversation to me, every now and then, and stick the point into me.
Oxymoron
Repetition
Pun
Euphemism
Identify the literary element.
"You are a manipulator."
"I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer."
Oxymoron
Repetition
Pun
Euphemism
Identify the literary element.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
Oxymoron
Repetition
Pun
Euphemism
