Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 475 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Results Perfect, you did it! Don’t Give Up #1. the central idea in a literary work and it is usually an idea about life or about people Understatement Understatement Tone Tone Syntax Syntax Theme Theme #2. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Understatement Understatement Syntax Syntax Tone Tone Theme Theme #3. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Theme Theme Syntax Syntax Understatement Understatement Tone Tone #4. a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing. Theme Theme Syntax Syntax Synecdoche Synecdoche Symbol Symbol #5. 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 #6. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Symbol Symbol Synecdoche Synecdoche Theme Theme Syntax Syntax #7. 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 #8. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Syllogism Syllogism Style Style Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense Finish
