1.    Robert Burns

2.    Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5

3.    Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto VI, XVII

4.    Merisms: Representation by parts or extremes.

5.    ‘Terribly good’ is a ‘true’ oxymoron. (The others are subjective)

6.    Hyperbole - exaggeration.

7.    ‘Downing Street was confused’ - metonymy - The street represents people by association.

8.    Synaesthesia - the mixing of senses (Example from Joyce, Dubliners)