Taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as your own.

The underlying message or idea in a literary work.

A scene that is interjected into the main plot that depicts earlier events.

To restate the main ideas and key details of a text clearly and concisely.

To rewrite or rephrase another author's words or ideas in your own words without altering the meaning.

To mark up a text by highlighting or underlining key points and making notes in the margins.

To carefully examine a text or a specific element of a text, such as setting, character, or theme.

The feelings, emotions, or associations a word gives the reader.

The literal dictionary meaning or definition of a word.

An author's word choice.

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal (dictionary) meaning.

The way in which words are combined to form sentences, phrases, and clauses.

A language technique or tool that authors use to engage or persuade an audience.

Clear, consistent, and presented in a logical order.

A figure of speech that compares two different things by suggesting that one is similar to the other.

A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning.

An agreement arrived at by most of those concerned.

The unique way in which authors, narrators, or speakers express their personality in a text.

BONUS: Standard practices that writers agree upon, such as citing sources; they vary across writing genres.