AICE Lang Terms 10-15

Author’s Purpose

An author’s reason for creating a particular work. The message they want to get across.

Cause and Effect

Two events are related when one event brings about the other.

Example: Because of my broken arm, the doctor said I couldn’t play baseball.

Purpose: To analyze the reasons for an action, event, or decision

Character Point of View

The viewpoint or voice of a character is developed by a writer.

Purpose: To enable readers to better understand the events of a text through a character’s thoughts, feelings, beliefs, motives, or actions

Chiasmus

Words or phrases are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form. (ABBA)

Example: Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Purpose: To highlight differences but also invite comparisons.

Chronological Order

The order in which events happen in time.

Purpose: To give the reader a better understanding of how things happened