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.

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

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1# K # T # # # # # S # # N # # E E # # #
2# O # O # # # # A # # # O # N S # # # #
3# O # L # # # I # # # # I O U # # # # #
4# H Y P E R B O L E # # T A # # # # # #
5# # # M E T A P H O R # C O N T R A S T
6# # O # V R # # # Y # # I # # # # # # #
7# O # # I # S T A N Z A D # # # # # # #
8D # # # D # # O # O # # A R G U M E N T
9# # # # E # # # N R # # R # # # # N # #
10# # # # N # # # # I # # T # S # # O # #
11# # # # C # # # # # F # N # I # # I # #
12# # # W E I V F O T N I O P S # # T # #
13# # # # # T C I L F N O C # E # # C # E
14# # N O I T A R E T I L L A H # # I # L
15# # # # # # # # # # # # I N T # # F # I
16# # # # # # # # # # # # M O H I # N # M
17# # # # # # # # # # # # A L E # O O # I
18# E R N E G N I T T E S X O M # # N # S
19# # # # # # C O M P A R E G E # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # Y # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  1414w
ANOLOGY  1414s
ARGUMENT  138e
BIAS  74ne
CAUSE  135ne
CLIMAX  1313s
COMPARE  719e
CONFLICT  1313w
CONTRADICTION  1313n
CONTRAST  135e
EVIDENCE  55s
GENRE  618w
HOOK  24n
HYPERBOLE  44e
IRONY  1010n
METAPHOR  55e
MOOD  45sw
NONFICTION  1818n
PERSONIFICATION  1111se
PLOT  44n
POINTOFVIEW  1412w
SETTING  1218w
SIMILE  2018n
STANZA  77e
THEME  1515s
THESIS  1515n
TONE  134ne