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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
2C O N T R A S T T # # # # Y # E # # # #
3O O # # # # I # C # # # G # # L # # # #
4N # M N # # S # I # # O N # # I # # # #
5T # # P O # E # L # L # O # # M # # # #
6R # # # A I H # F O # # I # # I # # # #
7A # # # E R T O N E # # T # # S # # # #
8D # # M # # E A O # # Y C A U S E W # #
9I # E X A M I L C # # N I # G # # E # #
10C H # # T # # L # I # O F # N # # I # #
11T # # # O # # I # # F R N # I # # V # #
12I # # # L # # T # # # I O # T # # F # #
13O R O H P A T E M O O D N # T # # O # #
14N # # # # # # R # # # # # O E # # T # #
15T N E M U G R A # A Z N A T S # # N # K
16# # # # E # # T # # # # # # A R # I # O
17# # # N # # # I # E C N E D I V E O # O
18# # R # # # # O # # # E L O B R E P Y H
19# E # # # # # N # # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  88s
ANOLOGY  88ne
ARGUMENT  815w
BIAS  1518n
CAUSE  138e
CLIMAX  99w
COMPARE  12se
CONFLICT  99n
CONTRADICTION  12s
CONTRAST  12e
EVIDENCE  1717w
GENRE  615sw
HOOK  2018n
HYPERBOLE  1818w
IRONY  1212n
METAPHOR  813w
MOOD  913e
NONFICTION  1313n
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  513n
POINTOFVIEW  1818n
SETTING  1515n
SIMILE  167n
STANZA  1515w
THEME  111ne
THESIS  77n
TONE  77e