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.

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

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2# # # # # # # # # # # # # Y # # # # R #
3# # # # # # # # # # # # G # # # # O # #
4# # # N O N F I C T I O N X # E H # # #
5# # # N O # # # # # L # A # M P L O T #
6# # # O # I # # # O # M # E A # # # O #
7# # # I # # T O N E I # H T # # # # # K
8# # # T # # H A L L I T E R A T I O N #
9# # # C # # E R C # # M # # G E N R E #
10# # # I # # S G O I R O N Y N # # # # #
11# # # D # # I U N # F # # # I # # # # #
12# # # A # # S M F # # I # # T # # E # #
13# # # R # # O E L # # # N # T # # L # #
14# # # T # O S N I # # # # O E # # O # #
15# # # N D U # T C O N T R A S T # B # #
16# # # O A # # # T # # # # # # R # R # #
17# # B C O M P A R E C N E D I V E E # #
18# # # I # # # W E I V F O T N I O P # #
19# # # # A # # # # # # # # # # # # Y # #
20# # # # # S A Z N A T S I M I L E H # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  88e
ANOLOGY  88ne
ARGUMENT  88s
BIAS  317se
CAUSE  417ne
CLIMAX  99ne
COMPARE  417e
CONFLICT  99s
CONTRADICTION  417n
CONTRAST  915e
EVIDENCE  1717w
GENRE  159e
HOOK  174se
HYPERBOLE  1818n
IRONY  1010e
METAPHOR  138ne
MOOD  812sw
NONFICTION  44e
PERSONIFICATION  1111nw
PLOT  165e
POINTOFVIEW  1818w
SETTING  1515n
SIMILE  1220e
STANZA  1220w
THEME  128ne
THESIS  77s
TONE  77e