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.

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

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1# # # # # S # # N # # # E # T # # # # K
2# # # # I # # # O # # S # # # O # # # O
3# # # M # # # N I # U # # # # # L # # O
4# # I # # # # O T A # E L O B R E P Y H
5# L # # # # # I C E C N E D I V E O # #
6E # # E # # # T I # # # # # A R # I # #
7T # # # M # # A D # # R # # S T A N Z A
8# N # X # E # R A # # # O O # # # T # #
9# # E # A # H E R # # # N H # # # O # #
10# S # M # M # T T # # I O # P # # F # #
11# # I # U # I I N # F R N # # A # V # #
12# # # S # G # L O I # O F # # # T I # #
13# # G # E # R L C # # N I # # # # E # #
14# # N # # H # A O # # Y C # # # # W M #
15# # I # # # T # N # # # T O # # # # O #
16# # T # # I O # F O # # I # M # # # O #
17# # T # O # N # L # L # O # # P # # D #
18# # E N # # E # I # # O N # # # A # # #
19# T S A R T N O C # # # G E N R E R # #
20# # # # # # # # T # # # # Y # # # # E #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  814n
ANOLOGY  814se
ARGUMENT  814nw
BIAS  154s
CAUSE  95ne
CLIMAX  913nw
COMPARE  1314se
CONFLICT  913s
CONTRADICTION  913n
CONTRAST  919w
EVIDENCE  175w
GENRE  1319e
HOOK  204n
HYPERBOLE  184w
IRONY  1210s
METAPHOR  1813nw
MOOD  1914s
NONFICTION  139s
PERSONIFICATION  1111sw
PLOT  184nw
POINTOFVIEW  184s
SETTING  319n
SIMILE  61sw
STANZA  157e
THEME  810nw
THESIS  715nw
TONE  715s