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.

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

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1# # # # # # # T # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # T # # # # N # # # # R # # # # # # #
3# # S I M I L E # # # # O # # # # # # #
4# # A N # # E M X # # # H # # # # # # #
5# # R # O # N U A # # # P # # # # # # #
6# # T # # I O G M # # # A L # # # # # #
7# # N # # # T R I # # # T # O # # # # #
8# # O # # # # A L L I T E R A T I O N #
9# T C I L F N O C D O O M # G E N R E #
10# # # # # O # # # I R O N Y N # E # # #
11# # # # L # # # # # F # # # I # C # # #
12# # # O C O M P A R E I # # T # N E # #
13# # G N O I T C I F N O N # T # E L # #
14# Y # # # # # # S # # # # O E # D O # #
15# # # E # # # I # A Z N A T S A I B # #
16# # # M # # S # # # # # # # # R V R # #
17# # # E # E # # # # # # # # # # E E # #
18# # # H H # # W E I V F O T N I O P # #
19N O I T C I D A R T N O C A U S E Y # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # K O O H # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  88e
ANOLOGY  88sw
ARGUMENT  88n
BIAS  1815w
CAUSE  1319e
CLIMAX  99n
COMPARE  512e
CONFLICT  99w
CONTRADICTION  1319w
CONTRAST  39n
EVIDENCE  1717n
GENRE  159e
HOOK  1820w
HYPERBOLE  1818n
IRONY  1010e
METAPHOR  138n
MOOD  139w
NONFICTION  1313w
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  135se
POINTOFVIEW  1818w
SETTING  1515n
SIMILE  33e
STANZA  1515w
THEME  419n
THESIS  419ne
TONE  77n