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.

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

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1S I M I L E # E # # # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # # S S # # # # # # # # # # # #
3# # # # # # I U # # # # # # # # # # # #
4# # # N D # S A # # # # # # # # # # # #
5# C # O O # E C O N T R A D I C T I O N
6# O O N # I H # # # # # # # # # # # # #
7# M # F # # T H E M E # # # # # # # # #
8# P # I # # O A R G U M E N T # # W # #
9# A # C # # N L C O N F L I C T # E # #
10# R # T # O E L # I R O N Y O A E I # #
11# E # I L # I I # # F # # # N Z C V # #
12# # # O # M # T M # # I # # T N N F # #
13# T G N A # # E # # # # N # R A E O # #
14# Y O X # # T R # # # # # O A T D T # #
15# # # L # A # A G N I T T E S S I N # K
16# # # # P # # T E # # # # # T R V I # O
17# # # H # # # I N # # # # # # # E O # O
18# # O # # # # O R # # E L O B R E P Y H
19# R # # # # # N E # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # B I A S # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  88s
ANOLOGY  88sw
ARGUMENT  88e
BIAS  320e
CAUSE  85n
CLIMAX  99sw
COMPARE  25s
CONFLICT  99e
CONTRADICTION  85e
CONTRAST  159s
EVIDENCE  1717n
GENRE  915s
HOOK  2018n
HYPERBOLE  1818w
IRONY  1010e
METAPHOR  813sw
MOOD  27ne
NONFICTION  44s
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  516nw
POINTOFVIEW  1818n
SETTING  1515w
SIMILE  11e
STANZA  1615n
THEME  77e
THESIS  77n
TONE  77s