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Literary Terms Word Search

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This 20-word word search covers essential literary devices and terms for high school students. Hidden words include metaphor, imagery, allegory, rhetoric, and tone, supporting lessons on literary analysis and writing. Use it as a unit introduction, a vocabulary review, or a literary-analysis warm-up activity.

Subject:: English / Language Arts
Topic:: Vocabulary
Grade Level:: 9th – 12th Grades
Updated June 2026

Word List

ALLEGORY
CHARACTER
CONFLICT
CONNOTATION
EXPOSITION
FALLACY
FOIL
IMAGERY
METAPHOR
MOOD
MOTIF
PROTAGONIST
RHETORIC
SETTING
SIMILE
STYLE
SYMBOL
SYNTAX
THEME
TONE

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