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

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1# # # # # # # E R A P M O C # # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # P O I N T O F V I E W N # # # # # #
4# H Y P E R B O L E # # # O # # # # # #
5# O L M E T A P H O R # # I # # # # # #
6# O # O V R # # # # # # # T # # # # # #
7T K # O I # S E T T I N G A # # # # # #
8# # # D D # T O # # # # # R # # # X # #
9# # # # E # A # N # # # # E # # A N # #
10# # # # N Y N O R I # # M T # M # O # #
11# # # # C # Z # # # F E # I I # # I # #
12# # # # E # A # # # H I # L E # # T # #
13N O I T C I D A R T N O C L N # B C # #
14# # # A # # R # # # # O O A O # I I # #
15# # U # # G # # # # N # N N T # A F # #
16# S # # U E # # # F # # T O H I S N # #
17E # # M # N # # L # # # R L E # O O # #
18# # E # # R # I # # # # A O S # # N # #
19# N # # # E C E L I M I S G I # # # # #
20T # # # # T # # # # # # T Y S # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  1414n
ANOLOGY  1414s
ARGUMENT  813sw
BIAS  1713s
CAUSE  513sw
CLIMAX  1313ne
COMPARE  141w
CONFLICT  1313sw
CONTRADICTION  1313w
CONTRAST  1313s
EVIDENCE  55s
GENRE  615s
HOOK  24s
HYPERBOLE  44e
IRONY  1010w
METAPHOR  55e
MOOD  45s
NONFICTION  1818n
PERSONIFICATION  1111se
PLOT  44sw
POINTOFVIEW  33e
SETTING  77e
SIMILE  1319w
STANZA  77s
THEME  1013ne
THESIS  1515s
TONE  1515n