Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 288 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. Syllogism Syllogism Style Style Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense #2. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Synecdoche Synecdoche Syntax Syntax Theme Theme Symbol Symbol #3. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Theme Theme Tone Tone Understatement Understatement Syntax Syntax #4. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Understatement Understatement Tone Tone Theme Theme Syntax Syntax #5. a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing. Syntax Syntax Synecdoche Synecdoche Theme Theme Symbol Symbol #6. the central idea in a literary work and it is usually an idea about life or about people Syntax Syntax Tone Tone Understatement Understatement Theme Theme #7. the way in which a piece of literature is written; refers not to what is said, but how it is said: Syllogism Syllogism Suspense Suspense Style Style Symbol Symbol #8. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Style Style Suspense Suspense Syllogism Syllogism Symbol Symbol Finish