The Picture of Dorian Gray - Figurative Language

Who painted Dorian´s portrait?

• Lord Henry Wotton

• Basil Hallward

• The Grosvenor

• Lady Brandon

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..."

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Alliteration

What kind of figurative language device is the following statement:

"Courage has gone out of our race"

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

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

This statement includes an example of:

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Who "discloses" life mysteries to Dorian Gray?

• Basil Hallward

• Lord Fermor

• Sybil Vane

• Lord Henry Wotton

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

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

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Who is Dorian Gray in love with?

• Basil Hallward

• Sybil Vane

• Lord Henry Wotton

• Margaret Devereux

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

What kind of figurative language device is the following statement:

"The panes glowed like plates of heated metal"

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor