PIER is for remembering different language techniques so: P- Pronouns I- Imperatives, Imagery E- Emotive language, expert opinion R- Repetition, Rhetorical Question

Setting, Time, Opening, Perspective, Action, Shift in Focus, Ending and Character. It is the acronym we use to teach our students structural techniques :)

Sorry- this is probably a little late but its an acronym for teaching structural features- setting, time, opening, perspective, action, shift in focus, ending, character!