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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # G # # # # # # #
2H Y P E R B O L E # # N # # # # # # # #
3# # # O # # # # # # I # # N # # # # # R
4T O L P I # # # # T # # # O # # # # O #
5# # # # E N # # T # # # # I K O O H # #
6# # S # V R T E # # # # # T # # P # # #
7# # A # I # S O # D # # # A # A # # # #
8# # I # D # T O F # O # # R T # # X # #
9E # B # E # A # N V # O # E # # A N # #
10# S # # N Y N O R I I # M T S M # O # #
11# # U # C # Z # # # F E # I I # # I # #
12# # # A E # A # # # H I W L S # # T # #
13N O I T C I D A R T N O C L E # # C # #
14# E # # # # R # # # # O O A H # # I # #
15# # L # # G # # # # N # N # T # # F # #
16# # # I U # E # # T # O F # O I # N # #
17# # # M M # # N R # L # L # N # O O # #
18# # E # # I # A R O # # I # E # # N # #
19# N # # # # S # G E # # C O M P A R E #
20T # # # # T # Y # # # # T # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  1414n
ANOLOGY  1414sw
ARGUMENT  813sw
BIAS  39n
CAUSE  513nw
CLIMAX  1313ne
COMPARE  1319e
CONFLICT  1313s
CONTRADICTION  1313w
CONTRAST  1313sw
EVIDENCE  55s
GENRE  615se
HOOK  185w
HYPERBOLE  32e
IRONY  1010w
METAPHOR  149ne
MOOD  1310nw
NONFICTION  1818n
PERSONIFICATION  1111se
PLOT  44w
POINTOFVIEW  32se
SETTING  77ne
SIMILE  719nw
STANZA  77s
THEME  1013ne
THESIS  1515n
TONE  1515s