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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # G
3# # # # W E I V F O T N I O P # # # # N
4# # # # # # # # # # # # # L # E # N # I
5# # # # # # # # E # # # O # R # O O B T
6# # # # # # # S # # # T # N # I # N I T
7# # # # # # U # # S I S E H T # # F A E
8# # # # # A T N E M U G R A O # # I S S
9N O I T C I D A R T N O C L N # # C # I
10C # # H E # A # # # # I O L E O # T # M
11O # # E C # Z # # # F # N I I # L I # I
12M # # M N Y N O R I # # F T # M # O # L
13P # # E E # A # N # # # L E # # A N G E
14A # # # D # T O # # # # I R # # # X # Y
15R K # # I T S A R T N O C A # # # # # #
16E O # # V R # # # # # # T T # # # # # #
17D O O M E T A P H O R # # I # # # # # #
18# H Y P E R B O L E # # # O # # # # # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # N # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  148s
ANOLOGY  148se
ARGUMENT  148w
BIAS  195s
CAUSE  59ne
CLIMAX  139se
COMPARE  110s
CONFLICT  139s
CONTRADICTION  139w
CONTRAST  1315w
EVIDENCE  517n
GENRE  128ne
HOOK  218n
HYPERBOLE  418e
IRONY  1012w
METAPHOR  517e
MOOD  417w
NONFICTION  184s
PERSONIFICATION  1111ne
PLOT  153sw
POINTOFVIEW  153w
SETTING  208n
SIMILE  208s
STANZA  715n
THEME  49s
THESIS  157w
TONE  157s