Home Literature Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 LiteratureQuizzes Study & Quiz: Literature definitions 7 By Bahaa Shammala - March 11, 2021 319 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. Symbol Symbol Theme Theme Synecdoche Synecdoche Syntax Syntax #2. 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 #3. the way in which a piece of literature is written; refers not to what is said, but how it is said: Syllogism Syllogism Style Style Symbol Symbol Suspense Suspense #4. a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is Tone Tone Understatement Understatement Syntax Syntax Theme Theme #5. a logical argument based on deductive reasoning. Style Style Suspense Suspense Symbol Symbol Syllogism Syllogism #6. the central idea in a literary work and it is usually an idea about life or about people Syntax Syntax Understatement Understatement Theme Theme Tone Tone #7. the writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject. Syntax Syntax Theme Theme Understatement Understatement Tone Tone #8. a person, object, idea or action that stands for something else. Synecdoche Synecdoche Syntax Syntax Theme Theme Symbol Symbol Finish