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The Picture of Dorian Gray - Figurative Language

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who painted Dorian´s portrait?

a)

Lord Henry Wotton

b)

Basil Hallward

c)

The Grosvenor

d)

Lady Brandon

2.

What kind of figurative device is included in the following statement:

"The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred..."

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Imagery

d)

Alliteration

3.

What kind of figurative language device is the following statement:

"Courage has gone out of our race"

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Idiom

4.

"...day-dreams and sleeping dreams whose mere memory might stain your cheek with shame"

This statement includes an example of:

a)

Idiom

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Onomatopoeia

5.

Who "discloses" life mysteries to Dorian Gray?

a)

Basil Hallward

b)

Lord Fermor

c)

Sybil Vane

d)

Lord Henry Wotton

6.

"Punctuality is the thief of life" is an example of:

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Alliteration

7.

When Dorian said "I fancied a thousand things", what figurative device is he using?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Idiom

8.

Who is Dorian Gray in love with?

a)

Basil Hallward

b)

Sybil Vane

c)

Lord Henry Wotton

d)

Margaret Devereux

9.

What was Dorian´s thought when he saw the finished portrait?

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10.

What kind of figurative language device is the following statement:

"The panes glowed like plates of heated metal"

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor