While i was cleaning out my closet the other day, i came across my favorite pair of childhood shoes: purple and black jellies with gold buckles.

identify the sentence type.

compound-complex sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
independent clause

The sentence type is complex sentence.

Explanation: A complex sentence is made up of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. While an independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, a dependent clause cannot stand by itself because it does not express a full idea. Moreover, unlike an independent clause, a dependent clause is always introduced by a subordinating conjunction. The sentence provided is a complex sentence because it contains a dependent clause ("While I was cleaning out my closet the other day") and an independent clause ("I came across my favorite pair of childhood shoes: purple and black jellies with gold buckles"). The dependent clause, which is not expressing a complete idea, has been introduced by the subordinating conjunction "while".

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.