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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # # # # # # # T # # # # #
2# # C O N T R A S T # S # N Y E R N E G
3# # O # # # E # # I I # E # G # # # # N
4# # N N # # M # # S M M # # O # # # # I
5# # T # O # E # E # U I # # L # # # # T
6# # R # # I H H # G # # L # O # # # # T
7# # A E N O T # R # # # # E N # # # # E
8# # D # # # # A L L I T E R A T I O N S
9# # I X A M I L C O N F L I C T # # # #
10# # C O M P A R E I # # # # # # E # # #
11# # T # # # # # # # F # # # # # C # # #
12# # I # # # # Y N O R I # # R # N E # #
13# # O N O I T C I F N O N O # # E L # #
14# # N # # # A # # # # # H O O K D O # #
15# # # # # U # # T O L P # # S A I B # #
16# # # # S # # # # # A # # # T R V R # #
17# # # E # # # # # T # # # # A # E E # #
18# # # # # # # W E I V F O T N I O P # #
19# # # # D O O M # # # # # # Z # # Y # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # A # # H # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  88e
ANOLOGY  158n
ARGUMENT  88ne
BIAS  1815w
CAUSE  813sw
CLIMAX  99w
COMPARE  310e
CONFLICT  99e
CONTRADICTION  32s
CONTRAST  32e
EVIDENCE  1717n
GENRE  202w
HOOK  1314e
HYPERBOLE  1818n
IRONY  1212w
METAPHOR  918ne
MOOD  819w
NONFICTION  1313w
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  1215w
POINTOFVIEW  1818w
SETTING  208n
SIMILE  92se
STANZA  1515s
THEME  77n
THESIS  77ne
TONE  77w