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.

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

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1# # # # # # # # N # # # E D T # # # # #
2# # # # # # # # O # # S # # O O # H # #
3# # # # # # # # I # U # # # # O L Y # #
4# # # # # # # # T A # # # # # # M P # #
5# # # X A M I L C E C N E D I V E E # #
6# # # # E # # # I # # Y # # # R T R # K
7# # E # # M # # D A Z N A T S # A B O #
8# Y # R # # E # A # # O # O I # P O # #
9# # G # A # # H R # # R N # M # H L # #
10# # # O # P # # T # # I # # I # O E # #
11# # # # L # M # N # F # # # L # R # # #
12# # # # # O # O O I # # # # E # # # # #
13# T S A R T N O C O N F L I C T # # # #
14T N E M U G R A L L I T E R A T I O N #
15S # T E N O T H E S I S # # # # # # # #
16A # T W E I V F O T N I O P # # # # # #
17I # I # O # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
18B # N N O N F I C T I O N # # # # # # #
19# # G E N R E # # # # # # # # # # # # #
20# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALLITERATION  814e
ANOLOGY  814nw
ARGUMENT  814w
BIAS  118n
CAUSE  95ne
CLIMAX  95w
COMPARE  913nw
CONFLICT  913e
CONTRADICTION  913n
CONTRAST  913w
EVIDENCE  175w
GENRE  319e
HOOK  179ne
HYPERBOLE  184s
IRONY  1210n
METAPHOR  175s
MOOD  174nw
NONFICTION  418e
PERSONIFICATION  1111sw
PLOT  184nw
POINTOFVIEW  1416w
SETTING  313s
SIMILE  157s
STANZA  157w
THEME  910nw
THESIS  715e
TONE  715w