Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 497 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Results Perfect, you did it! Don’t Give Up #1. the tension or excitement felt by the reader as he or she becomes involved in the story. Style Style Syllogism Syllogism Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense #2. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Understatement Understatement Tone Tone Syntax Syntax Theme Theme #3. a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing. Syntax Syntax Symbol Symbol Theme Theme Synecdoche Synecdoche #4. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Symbol Symbol Style Style Suspense Suspense Syllogism Syllogism #5. 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 Syllogism Syllogism Style Style #6. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Synecdoche Synecdoche Syntax Syntax Symbol Symbol Theme Theme #7. 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 #8. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Theme Theme Understatement Understatement Syntax Syntax Tone Tone Finish