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

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1T K # S # # # # # # # # N # # # # # # #
2# O # # A S I M I L E # O # # # # # # #
3# O L # # I # # # # # # I N # # # # # #
4# H Y P E R B O L E # # T O # # # # E #
5# # # O E V I D E N C E C I # # # R # #
6# # # I # R # # # # # # I T # # N # # #
7# A Z N A T S # # R # # D A # E # # # #
8# # # T # # # O O # # # A R G U M E N T
9# # # O # # # H N # # # R E # # # # # #
10# # # F # # P # O I # # T T H E M E # #
11# # D V # A # # N R F # N I # # # # # #
12# # O I T # # # F O # I O L # # # # # #
13# # O E # # # # I N # # C L I M A X G #
14# # M W E S U A C Y # # O A # # # # N #
15# # # # # # # O T # # # N # T H E S I S
16# # # # # # M # I # # O F # O I # # T #
17# # # # # P # # O # L # L # N # O # T #
18# # # # A # # # N O # # I # E # # N E #
19# # # R # # # # G # # # C O N T R A S T
20# # E # # # # Y # # # # T # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  1414n
ANOLOGY  1414sw
ARGUMENT  138e
BIAS  74nw
CAUSE  914w
CLIMAX  1313e
COMPARE  914sw
CONFLICT  1313s
CONTRADICTION  1313n
CONTRAST  1319e
EVIDENCE  55e
GENRE  158ne
HOOK  24n
HYPERBOLE  44e
IRONY  1010s
METAPHOR  413ne
MOOD  314n
NONFICTION  99s
PERSONIFICATION  1111se
PLOT  44nw
POINTOFVIEW  44s
SETTING  1919n
SIMILE  62e
STANZA  77w
THEME  1410e
THESIS  1515e
TONE  1515s