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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # D # # T # # # # #
2# # # # # # S Y # E # O # N # # # # # #
3# # # K # # I G # R # O E # # N # # # #
4# # # N O # S O # N # M # X O # # # # #
5# # # O O O E L # E U # A I # # # # # #
6# # # N # I H O # G # M T H E M E # # #
7# # # F # # T N R # I C O M P A R E # #
8# # # I # # # A L L I T E R A T I O N #
9# # # C E S U A C D # T # # G # O # # #
10# # # T # # # O A I A # # # N # E N # #
11# # # I # # N R # P F # # # I # C # E #
12# # # O # F T # H L # I # # T # N E # #
13# # # N L N # O # O # R N # T # E L # #
14# # # I O # R # # T # O # O E # D O # #
15# # C C O N T R A S T N # # S A I B # #
16# T # # # # # # I # # Y # # T R V R # #
17# # # # # # # M # # # # # # A # E E # #
18# # # # # # I W E I V F O T N I O P # #
19# # # # # L # # # # # # # # Z # # Y # #
20# # # # E # # # # # # # # # A # # H # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  88e
ANOLOGY  88n
ARGUMENT  88ne
BIAS  1815w
CAUSE  99w
CLIMAX  99ne
COMPARE  127e
CONFLICT  99sw
CONTRADICTION  415ne
CONTRAST  415e
EVIDENCE  1717n
GENRE  106n
HOOK  76nw
HYPERBOLE  1818n
IRONY  1212s
METAPHOR  138sw
MOOD  124n
NONFICTION  44s
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  1011s
POINTOFVIEW  1818w
SETTING  1515n
SIMILE  1015sw
STANZA  1515s
THEME  136e
THESIS  77n
TONE  168se