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.

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

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1# # G # E # # # N # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # N # # S # # O # # # # # K O O H # W
3# # I # # # U # I # E R A P M O C Y # E
4# # T # # # # A T O N E # D O O M P # I
5# # T # # # # # C E C N E D I V E E # V
6# T E # # # # # I # # # # # # R T R # F
7# # S # # # # # D E L I M I S # A B # O
8B # # A # # # Y A # # # # O T # P O # T
9# I # # R # # G R # # # N # A # H L # N
10# # A # # T # O T # # I R O N Y O E # I
11# # # S # # N L N # F # # # Z # R # # O
12# # # # # # # O O I # # # # A # T O L P
13# # # # # # # N C O N F L I C T # # # #
14T N E M U G R A L L I T E R A T I O N #
15# # E M E H T H E S I S # # # # # # # #
16# # # N # I # # # # # M # # # # # # # #
17# # R # O # # # # # # # A # # # # # # #
18# E # N O N F I C T I O N X # # # # # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  814e
ANOLOGY  814n
ARGUMENT  814w
BIAS  18se
CAUSE  95nw
CLIMAX  913se
COMPARE  173w
CONFLICT  913e
CONTRADICTION  913n
CONTRAST  913nw
EVIDENCE  175w
GENRE  614sw
HOOK  182w
HYPERBOLE  184s
IRONY  1210e
METAPHOR  175s
MOOD  174w
NONFICTION  418e
PERSONIFICATION  1111sw
PLOT  2012w
POINTOFVIEW  2012n
SETTING  37n
SIMILE  157w
STANZA  157s
THEME  715w
THESIS  715e
TONE  94e