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Which street does W.H. Auden include in his poem ‘As I Walked Out One Evening’ ?
Regent’s Street
Regent’s Street
Bristol Street
Bristol Street
Carnaby Street
Carnaby Street
Baker Street
Baker Street
Which aspect of setting is most often used as pathetic fallacy?
The Season
The Season
The Location
The Location
The Weather
The Weather
The Time of Day
The Time of Day
Which poem did Emily Dickinson not write?
My Life Had Stood a Ball and Chain
My Life Had Stood a Ball and Chain
My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun
My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun
Because I could not stop for Death
Because I could not stop for Death
Wild Nights – Wild Nights!
Wild Nights – Wild Nights!
Complete the sentence: If … a man on the moon, why can’t the trains run on time?
We Are Landing
We Are Landing
We Had Landed
We Had Landed
They Were Able to Land
They Were Able to Land
They Had Landed
They Had Landed
Which of these is an example of an intensifier?
It’s Hot on Safari
It’s Hot on Safari
I Found it Hot on Safari
I Found it Hot on Safari
It’s Extremely on Safari
It’s Extremely on Safari
I Don’t Like Going on Safari
I Don’t Like Going on Safari
Which one of these is an example of a portmanteau?
Car
Car
Hotel
Hotel
Motel
Motel
Motorway
Motorway
Which century was John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ written in?
16th
16th
17th
17th
18th
18th
15th
15th
Who’s porridge and bed does Goldilocks’ like best?
Mummy Bear
Mummy Bear
Baby Bear
Baby Bear
Daddy Bear
Daddy Bear
Grandma Bear
Grandma Bear
Who wrote the poem ‘To a Skylark’?
Percy Shelley
Percy Shelley
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
John Keats
John Keats
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia?
Fur
Fur
Tail
Tail
Cat
Cat
Meow
Meow
Which word is the article in the following sentence? Martha went to the florist to get a bouquet of flowers.
Florist
Florist
Martha
Martha
A
A
Bouquet
Bouquet
Which one of these is an idiom?
He was a Record on Repeat
He was a Record on Repeat
You should put this on record
You should put this on record
Just for the Record
Just for the Record
He was like a Record on Repeat
He was like a Record on Repeat
Which of these is an example of pathetic fallacy?
The Weather is Dark Outside
The Weather is Dark Outside
The Weather is Miserable Outside
The Weather is Miserable Outside
The Weather is Very Windy
The Weather is Very Windy
The Weather is Very Rainy
The Weather is Very Rainy
Which of these is an example of linking words? Finally they arrived at the house after a slow journey.
Arrived
Arrived
Finally
Finally
House
House
They
They
Which of these is a metaphor?
She was like Sunshine
She was like Sunshine
She made him feel like Sunshine
She made him feel like Sunshine
She was a Bright as Sunshine
She was a Bright as Sunshine
She was Sunshine
She was Sunshine
Complete the title of the children’s book by E. B. White, ‘… Web’.
Elliot’s
Elliot’s
Anne’s
Anne’s
Max’s
Max’s
Charlotte’s
Charlotte’s
From which Shakespeare comes the line ‘To be or not to be’?
Macbeth
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Hamlet
Richard III
Richard III
Which of the words in this sentence is the adjective? Playing with the kitten made her so happy.
Happy
Happy
Her
Her
Playing
Playing
Kitten
Kitten
Which of the words in this sentence is the verb? Suddenly, she fell from the roof.
Roof
Roof
Suddenly
Suddenly
Fell
Fell
She
She
If you were describing an upbeat birthday party, which word would be most effective to use?
Creepy
Creepy
Bubbly
Bubbly
Soothing
Soothing
Sweet
Sweet
What is Macbeth’s original title in the play?
Thane of Glackle
Thane of Glackle
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Cawdor
Thane of Cawdor
Thane of Caldon
Thane of Caldon
Which of these is a simile?
She Wanted to be Brave Lion
She Wanted to be Brave Lion
She had a Brave Lion
She had a Brave Lion
She was Brave as a Lion
She was Brave as a Lion
She was a Brave Lion
She was a Brave Lion
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