Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 319 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Results Perfect, you did it! Don’t Give Up #1. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Syntax Syntax Understatement Understatement Theme Theme Tone Tone #2. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Theme Theme Understatement Understatement Syntax Syntax Tone Tone #3. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Syllogism Syllogism Symbol Symbol Style Style Suspense Suspense #4. the way in which a piece of literature is written; refers not to what is said, but how it is said: Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense Style Style Syllogism Syllogism #5. a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing. Synecdoche Synecdoche Syntax Syntax Theme Theme Symbol Symbol #6. the central idea in a literary work and it is usually an idea about life or about people Understatement Understatement Theme Theme Syntax Syntax Tone Tone #7. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Theme Theme Syntax Syntax Symbol Symbol Synecdoche Synecdoche #8. the tension or excitement felt by the reader as he or she becomes involved in the story. Syllogism Syllogism Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense Style Style Finish
