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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # T # # # # # #
2# # # # # T # # # # # # T N S # # E # #
3# # # # E # S # # # # # C E I # R # # #
4# # # # R # # A # # # # I M S N # N # #
5E # # # A E # # R # # # L U E # O O # #
6# S # # P # M # # T # # F G H I # N # #
7# # U # M # # E # # N # N R T # # F # #
8# # # A O # # # H # # O O A O # # I # #
9N O I T C I D A R T N O C L N # # C # #
10# E # # # # # Y N O R I # L E O # T # #
11# # L # # # # # # # F # # I I # L I # #
12# W E I V F O T N I O P # T # M # O # #
13# # # # M # E C N E D I V E B # A N G #
14# # # # # I # O # # # # # R I # # X # Y
15G N I T T E S T A N Z A # A A # # # # #
16# # # # # R # # # # # # # T S # # # # #
17D O O M E T A P H O R # # I # # # # # #
18# H Y P E R B O L E # # # O # # # # # #
19# # # # # # O # # O # # # N # # # # # #
20# # # # # K # # # # T # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  148s
ANOLOGY  148se
ARGUMENT  148n
BIAS  1513s
CAUSE  59nw
CLIMAX  139se
COMPARE  59n
CONFLICT  139n
CONTRADICTION  139w
CONTRAST  139nw
EVIDENCE  1413w
GENRE  146ne
HOOK  917sw
HYPERBOLE  418e
IRONY  1210w
METAPHOR  517e
MOOD  417w
NONFICTION  184s
PERSONIFICATION  1111ne
PLOT  817se
POINTOFVIEW  1212w
SETTING  715w
SIMILE  715nw
STANZA  715e
THEME  109nw
THESIS  157n
TONE  157s