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.

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

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1# # # # D S E T T I N G N # # # E # # T
2# # # H O O K # # # # # O # # S # # N #
3# # # Y O # # # # # # # I # U # # E # #
4# # # P M # # # # # # # T A # # M # # #
5# # L E E V I D E N C E C # # U # # # #
6# O # R T R # # # # # # I # G E N R E T
7T # # B A # S I M I L E D R # # # # C #
8# # I O P # T O # # # # A Y # # # I # #
9# A # L H # A # N # # # R G # # L N # #
10S # # E O Y N O R I # # T O # F # O # #
11# # # # R # Z # # # F # N L N # # I # #
12# # # # # # A # # # # I O O E # # T # #
13# # # # # T S A R T N O C N N # # C # #
14# # N O I T A R E T I L L A O # O I # #
15# # # # # # # # # S I S E H T M # F # #
16# # # # # # # # # M # # # H P I # N # #
17# # # # # # # # A # # # E A # # O O # #
18# # # # # # # X # # # M R # # # # N # #
19# # # # # # # # # # E E # # # # # # # #
20W E I V F O T N I O P # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  1414w
ANOLOGY  1414n
ARGUMENT  138ne
BIAS  47sw
CAUSE  135ne
CLIMAX  1313sw
COMPARE  1813sw
CONFLICT  1313ne
CONTRADICTION  1313n
CONTRAST  1313w
EVIDENCE  55e
GENRE  156e
HOOK  42e
HYPERBOLE  44s
IRONY  1010w
METAPHOR  55s
MOOD  54n
NONFICTION  1818n
PERSONIFICATION  1111se
PLOT  44sw
POINTOFVIEW  1120w
SETTING  61e
SIMILE  77e
STANZA  77s
THEME  1515sw
THESIS  1515w
TONE  1515n