Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 222 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Results Perfect, you did it! Don’t Give Up #1. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Tone Tone Syntax Syntax Understatement Understatement Theme Theme #2. a figure of speech in which a part of something stands for the whole thing. Syntax Syntax Synecdoche Synecdoche Theme Theme Symbol Symbol #3. 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 #4. 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 Style Style Syllogism Syllogism #5. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Syntax Syntax Symbol Symbol Synecdoche Synecdoche Theme Theme #6. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense Syllogism Syllogism Style Style #7. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Theme Theme Syntax Syntax Tone Tone Understatement Understatement #8. the central idea in a literary work and it is usually an idea about life or about people Theme Theme Tone Tone Understatement Understatement Syntax Syntax Finish