Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 240 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Results Perfect, you did it! Don’t Give Up #1. a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing. Synecdoche Synecdoche Syntax Syntax Symbol Symbol Theme Theme #2. the central idea in a literary work and it is usually an idea about life or about people Theme Theme Understatement Understatement Tone Tone Syntax Syntax #3. the tension or excitement felt by the reader as he or she becomes involved in the story. Symbol Symbol Syllogism Syllogism Suspense Suspense Style Style #4. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Understatement Understatement Syntax Syntax Tone Tone Theme Theme #5. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Symbol Symbol Syllogism Syllogism Style Style Suspense Suspense #6. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Synecdoche Synecdoche Symbol Symbol Syntax Syntax Theme Theme #7. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Theme Theme Tone Tone Syntax Syntax Understatement Understatement #8. the way in which a piece of literature is written; refers not to what is said, but how it is said: Suspense Suspense Style Style Symbol Symbol Syllogism Syllogism Finish
