4 P's of Prediction
QAR
Random
Figurative Language
Story Elements
100

This "P" means you need to look for things that repeat in a text.

Patterns

100

What does QAR stand for?

Question-Answer Relationship

100

How many continents are there?

Seven
100

A simile compares two things using these two words.

Like or as

100

What is the setting in a story?



The time and place where a story happens.

200

This "P" uses information revealed in illustrations or photographs.

Pictures

200

What are the four QAR question types?

-Right there

-On my Own

-Think and Search

-Writer and Me

200

What begins with “T,” ends with “T,” and has “T” inside it?

Teapot

200

What is personification?

giving human traits to nonhuman things

200

True or false: The theme is always stated directly in the story.

False

300

Do you check your predictions before or after reading?

After


300

Think and Search means..

The answer is in the text, but you need to look at more than one sentence.

300

What gas do plants take in that humans breathe out?

Carbon Dioxide

300

“The baby was as quiet as a mouse.” What type of figurative language is this?

Simile

300

What is the theme in a story?



the underlying message

400

Define Prior Knowledge

Information the reader already knows

400

Identify the question type:

What would you do if you got lost while hiking?

On my own

400

What is the largest ocean on Earth?

Pacific Ocean

400

The snow was a white blanket covering the town.

Metaphor

400

What is the plot in a story?



The sequence of events that happen in a story



500

What are the 4 P's of prediction?

You have to name ALL

-prior knowledge

-patterns 

-pictures

-proving

500

Identify the question type: 

How does Angie's character change throughout the story?

Think and Search

500

What goes up but never comes down?

Your age

500

“I told you a million times!” What kind of figurative language is that?

Hyperbole

500

The beginning of a story where characters and setting are introduced.

Exposition 

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