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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # N # # # E # S # # T # K
2# # # # # # # # O # # S # # A # # O # O
3# # # # # # # # I # U # # # I # # L # O
4# # # # # # # # T A # E L O B R E P Y H
5# # G E N R E H C # R O H P A T E M # #
6# # N # # # E O I # # # # # # R V O # #
7C # I # # M N # D A Z N A T S # I O # #
8O # T # E T # # A # # P # O I # D D # #
9M # T # R # # R R # O # N # M # E # # #
10P # E A # # G # T I # I # # I # N # # #
11A # S # # U # H N # F # # # L # C # # #
12R T # # M # E T O I R O N Y E # E # # #
13E # # E # S O # C O N F L I C T # # # #
14# # N # I F # A L L I T E R A T I O N #
15# T # S V # T O N E I # # # # # # # # #
16# # # I # I # # # O # M # # # # # # # #
17# # E # O # # # # # L # A # # # # # # #
18# W # N O N F I C T I O N X # # # # # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # # G # # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # Y # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  814e
ANOLOGY  814se
ARGUMENT  98sw
BIAS  154n
CAUSE  95ne
CLIMAX  913se
COMPARE  17s
CONFLICT  913e
CONTRADICTION  913n
CONTRAST  95sw
EVIDENCE  175s
GENRE  35e
HOOK  204n
HYPERBOLE  184w
IRONY  1012e
METAPHOR  175w
MOOD  185s
NONFICTION  418e
PERSONIFICATION  1111sw
PLOT  184n
POINTOFVIEW  128sw
SETTING  311n
SIMILE  157s
STANZA  157w
THEME  94sw
THESIS  910sw
TONE  715e