CAHSEE Literary Devices

ALLITERATION
ANOLOGY
ARGUMENT
BIAS
CAUSE
CLIMAX
COMPARE
CONFLICT
CONTRADICTION
CONTRAST
EVIDENCE
GENRE
HOOK
HYPERBOLE
IRONY
METAPHOR
MOOD
NONFICTION
PERSONIFICATION
PLOT
POINTOFVIEW
SETTING
SIMILE
STANZA
THEME
THESIS
TONE

Literary device terms found on the CAHSEE ELA exam.

Try to find all 27 words on this board.

O J C B W Y G T R Q G H H Z F L V L K U
C E L I M I S N T N S S Z Y R T B R E I
T U G N I T T E S L B J G Q R C J R S S
I J E N Y N E M A L R O N K Q G A K G H
C E N U O O N U R U L N O I U P L D U U
Y F R B L I O G T O M M I C M K W C R L
W J E Q S T T R N U B A T O A C K T C Z
O X J C H C H A O M U Y C K W R M W M V
G G K Q P I E L C V R N I T T C L E O V
I L W Y L D S L O I M O F B O O T I O F
X K Z M I A I I N J F R N A L A H V D R
X A H Q E R S T F M B I O K P U Q F D K
G E M E H T M E L T K U N H O O K O H O
J U L I U N F R I D G N O O T Z Z T U W
B K D M L O E A C H C R L J S T A N Z A
X S F G R C C T T A O P N K A R N I M O
H P H Z A L H I K E C N E D I V E O D H
J W K U F V X O H W C E L O B R E P Y H
C D S C Q Z I N Y L X F K V F S R B X V
Z E Z F S K F I X T I R Q A K X M J V Z
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Answer Key for CAHSEE Literary Devices

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1# # # # # # # T # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# E L I M I S N T # # # # Y # # # # E #
3# # G N I T T E S # # # G # # # # R # #
4# # E N # N E M A # # O N # # # A # # #
5# # N # O O N U R # L # O # # P # # # #
6# # R # # I O G T O # # I # M # # # # #
7# # E # # T T R N # # # T O # # # # # #
8# # # # # C H A O # # Y C # # # # W M #
9# # # # # I E L C # # N I # T # # E O #
10# # # # # D S L O I # O F # O # T I O #
11X # # # # A I I N # F R N # L A # V D #
12# A # # # R S T F # # I O # P # # F # #
13# E M E H T # E L # # # N H O O K O # #
14# # # I # N # R I # # # O O # # # T # #
15# # # # L O # A C # # R # # S T A N Z A
16# # # # # C # T T # # # # # A R # I # #
17# # # # A # # I # E C N E D I V E O # #
18# # # U # # # O # # # E L O B R E P Y H
19# # S # # # # N # # # # # # # # # # # #
20# E # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  88s
ANOLOGY  88ne
ARGUMENT  88n
BIAS  1518n
CAUSE  616sw
CLIMAX  616nw
COMPARE  138ne
CONFLICT  99s
CONTRADICTION  616n
CONTRAST  99n
EVIDENCE  1717w
GENRE  33s
HOOK  1413e
HYPERBOLE  1818w
IRONY  1212n
METAPHOR  189sw
MOOD  198s
NONFICTION  1313n
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  1512n
POINTOFVIEW  1818n
SETTING  93w
SIMILE  72w
STANZA  1515e
THEME  613w
THESIS  77s
TONE  77n