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.

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

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2N O I T C I D A R T N O C Y # # # # # #
3# # # # # # # # # # E # G A # # # # # #
4# E # N # # # # # M # O # X U # # # # #
5# # R # O # # # E # L # A # # S # # # #
6# # # N # I # H # O # M # # # # E # # #
7# S I S E H T O N E I # # # # # # # # #
8T N E M U G R A L L I T E R A T I O N #
9# T S A R T N O C O N F L I C T # # # #
10# # E # # # # # S I M I L E # # E # # #
11# # T # # # # # # # F # # # # # C # # #
12# # T # # # # Y N O R I # # R # N E # #
13# # I N O I T C I F N O N O # # E L # #
14# # N # # # O # # # # # H O O K D O # #
15# # G # # M # # T O L P # # S A I B # #
16# # # # P # # # # # A # # # T R V R # #
17# # # A # # # # # T # # # # A # E E # #
18# # R # # # # W E I V F O T N I O P # #
19# E # # D O O M # # # # # # Z # # Y # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # A # # H # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  88e
ANOLOGY  88ne
ARGUMENT  88w
BIAS  1815w
CAUSE  132se
CLIMAX  99ne
COMPARE  813sw
CONFLICT  99e
CONTRADICTION  132w
CONTRAST  99w
EVIDENCE  1717n
GENRE  68nw
HOOK  1314e
HYPERBOLE  1818n
IRONY  1212w
METAPHOR  918ne
MOOD  819w
NONFICTION  1313w
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  1215w
POINTOFVIEW  1818w
SETTING  39s
SIMILE  910e
STANZA  1515s
THEME  77ne
THESIS  77w
TONE  77e