1. Who wrote the famous simile, ‘My love is like a red, red rose’?

a. Robert Burns   

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2. Which of the following describes, ‘A pig in a poke’? 

d. All three

 

3. Who wailed the pun, ‘Infamy!  Infamy!  They’ve all got it in for me!’? 

a. Kenneth Williams   

 

4. 'Scotland wins the World Cup is the use of...       

a. Metonymy and c. A fertile imagination

 

5. Which of these are oxymorons...?

a. Terribly good   b. Happily married   

 

6. ‘I would walk 500 miles’, is an example of...          

a. Hyperbole   

 

7. ‘Downing Street was confused’, is an example of...

b. Metonymy