Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 287 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Results Perfect, you did it! Don’t Give Up #1. the way in which a piece of literature is written; refers not to what is said, but how it is said: Style Style Suspense Suspense Symbol Symbol Syllogism Syllogism #2. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Syntax Syntax Theme Theme Understatement Understatement Tone Tone #3. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Theme Theme Synecdoche Synecdoche Syntax Syntax Symbol Symbol #4. a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing. Theme Theme Synecdoche Synecdoche Symbol Symbol Syntax Syntax #5. the central idea in a literary work and it is usually an idea about life or about people Syntax Syntax Tone Tone Theme Theme Understatement Understatement #6. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Symbol Symbol Style Style Suspense Suspense Syllogism Syllogism #7. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Syntax Syntax Tone Tone Theme Theme Understatement Understatement #8. the tension or excitement felt by the reader as he or she becomes involved in the story. Suspense Suspense Syllogism Syllogism Symbol Symbol Style Style Finish