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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # E # # # # # #
2# # # # # # S # T # # # # R # # # # # #
3# # # X A M I L C # # # # A # # # # # #
4# # # N # # S # I # # # # P # # # # # #
5# # # O O # E # L # # # # M # T # # # #
6# # # N # I H C F # # # # O # N # # # #
7# # # F # # T # N # # # # C # E # # # #
8# # # I # # O A O E # # O A # M # # # #
9# # # C # # N # C # D N # U # U # # # #
10# # # T # O E O # I T I # S # G E N R E
11# # # I L # N # R R F # V E # R # # L #
12# # # O # T # O A L L I T E R A T I O N
13# # G N R # N D # # # # N # # # M # # #
14# Y # A # Y I # # # # # # O # I # # # #
15# # S # # C # # G N I T T E S T A N Z A
16# T # # T H E M E # # # # # # R # # # #
17K # T I # S # # # # R O H P A T E M # #
18O # O # # A # W E I V F O T N I O P # #
19O N L # # I # # # # # # # # # O # # # #
20H Y P E R B O L E # # # # # D # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  912e
ANOLOGY  88sw
ARGUMENT  1612n
BIAS  620n
CAUSE  147s
CLIMAX  93w
COMPARE  147n
CONFLICT  99n
CONTRADICTION  147sw
CONTRAST  99sw
EVIDENCE  1412nw
GENRE  1610e
HOOK  120n
HYPERBOLE  320e
IRONY  1010sw
METAPHOR  1717w
MOOD  1817sw
NONFICTION  44s
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  320n
POINTOFVIEW  1818w
SETTING  1515w
SIMILE  1515ne
STANZA  1515e
THEME  516e
THESIS  77n
TONE  77s