8th Grade Spring English Exam Review

What does Piggy think happened to the plane to cause it to crash on the island?

Which of the following is NOT a singular indefinite pronoun?

"Sarah's mom _____ her when she forgot to clean her room."

Who expresses guilt for killing Simon?

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

What type of error is present: "If I go on a walk, I will burn some calories."

What is significant about the fact that the characters in Lord of the Flies are children?

Where does Romeo and Juliet take place?

What is the error: "Neither of the boys wears their dress shirts and blazers on dress day."

Which of the following sentences contains an error?

Who "wept for the end of innocence" and "the darkness of a man's heart"?

Find the lit. device: "She speaks...shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this"?

The climax of Romeo and Juliet is...

Who suggests that they should move the fire from the mountain to the beach?

What is a synonym for the word "contrite"?

Which bigun' acts as an executioner in Jack's tribe?

A play on words can be described as a(n):

What is Juliet's cousin's character flaw?

Is this sentence correct? - "Sandra likes cookies, however, Jane likes cake."

What is unrhymed iambic pentameter?

"Whenever he tried to talk to the girl of his dreams, he became incredibly _________________."

What lit. device: "You are a lover; borrow Cupid's wings" (1.4.17).

What is the definition of a sonnet?

Which of the following does not qualify as dramatic irony?

During the street brawl in Romeo and Juliet, there was a _______ of shouting and screaming.

What is the problem/solution for this sentence: "I went to the store, I saw my cousin."

Who is the character that puts the bloody head of a pig on a stick?

Where do Jack and his tribe set up camp?

I ________ angrily at the boys in the library who would not stop talking.

Jack kills two boys on the island.

Find the lit. device: "Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds/Towards Phoebus's lodging..."

What does the Lord of the Flies tell Simon when he is hallucinating?

What part of speech is the word "there"?

What does Simon suggest they do after some boys leave to join Jack's new tribe?

What is the significance of Jack's attack on Ralph, Samneric, and Piggy in Chapter 10?

What does the word nuptial mean?

The ________ criminal decided to acknowledge his wrongdoings and plead guilty.

Find the error: "Maddie and Splash are both horses, however, they live in different fields."

Choose the sentence that contains an absolute brushstroke.

Who says, "These times of woe afford no time to woo" (3.4.8)?

Why does Romeo kill Tybalt?

Who says, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo"?

Who gave Romeo the news of Juliet's death?

Which sentence contains a comma error?

Romeo's impulsiveness can best be described as

What do rocks symbolize in Lord of the Flies?

Who says, "'Tis but thy name that is my enemy...What's in a name"?

Who says, "What's grownups goin' to think"?

Who says, "For now these hot days is the mad blood stirring"?

In Romeo and Juliet, who was the last person to be killed before Romeo and Juliet?

What literary device is present here: "Parting is such sweet sorrow."

What type of literary structure is evident in the scene in which Romeo and Juliet first meet?

Which word means, "not comprehensible as a language; unable to express oneself through speech"?

Which verb goes in the blank: "Neither the children nor Sarah _____ coming to the party."

The quote, "you have dancing soles; I have a soul of lead" is an example of what? (1.4.15)

"...ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voices had been the songs of angels"

Rather than admitting she had overslept, Jill gave her teacher a ______ reason for being late.

Who gave Juliet the fake death potion?

What grammatical structure is evident in this sentence: "When I am hungry, I get a snack."

Sarah was _____ during class when her teacher announced a pop quiz and she was unprepared.

What is the symbol of civilization in Lord of the Flies?

What is the error in this sentence: "When it's cold outside I wear a jacket."

The Prologue to Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet is an example of what?

What kind of error is present: "Hannah likes to ride horses and eat salad."

Who explains what happened to Romeo and Juliet after their deaths?

Who says "And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something; make it a word and a blow"

"Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven...do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres."

Who says, "If I blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had it" (Golding 92)?