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.

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

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1# # # # # # T D E # # # N # # # # # G T
2# P # H # O O # # S # # O # E # # # N #
3# O # Y L O # # # # U # I # R # # E I #
4# I # P M # # # # # # A T # N # M # T #
5# N # E E V I D E N C E C # E U # # T #
6# T # R T R # # # Y # # I # G # # # E T
7# O # B A # S T A N Z A D R # # # # S #
8# F # O P # I O # O # # A # # # # A # Y
9# V # L H # M # N R # # R # # # R # G #
10# I # E O # I # # I # # T # # T # O # #
11# E # # R # L # # # F # N # N # L # E #
12# W # # # # E # # # # I O O E O K M E #
13# # # # # T C I L F N O C # N O E R # #
14# # N O I T A R E T I L L A O H A # # #
15# # # # # # # # # S I S E H T P # # # #
16# # # # # # # # # M # # # # M I # # # #
17# # # # # # # # A # # # # O # # O # # #
18# # # # # # # X N O I T C I F N O N # #
19# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # B I A S # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  1414w
ANOLOGY  1414ne
ARGUMENT  138ne
BIAS  820e
CAUSE  135nw
CLIMAX  1313sw
COMPARE  1318ne
CONFLICT  1313w
CONTRADICTION  1313n
CONTRAST  1313ne
EVIDENCE  55e
GENRE  156n
HOOK  1415ne
HYPERBOLE  44s
IRONY  1010n
METAPHOR  55s
MOOD  54ne
NONFICTION  1818w
PERSONIFICATION  1111se
PLOT  44ne
POINTOFVIEW  22s
SETTING  197n
SIMILE  77s
STANZA  77e
THEME  1515ne
THESIS  1515w
TONE  1515n