Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 267 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Results Perfect, you did it! Don’t Give Up #1. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Theme Theme Synecdoche Synecdoche Syntax Syntax Symbol Symbol #2. the way in which a piece of literature is written; refers not to what is said, but how it is said: Style Style Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense Syllogism Syllogism #3. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Tone Tone Understatement Understatement Theme Theme Syntax Syntax #4. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Symbol Symbol Style Style Syllogism Syllogism Suspense Suspense #5. a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing. Symbol Symbol Synecdoche Synecdoche Theme Theme Syntax Syntax #6. the tension or excitement felt by the reader as he or she becomes involved in the story. Style Style Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense Syllogism Syllogism #7. the central idea in a literary work and it is usually an idea about life or about people Theme Theme Tone Tone Syntax Syntax Understatement Understatement #8. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Tone Tone Theme Theme Understatement Understatement Syntax Syntax Finish