COG+181-190


 * Skill: Describe Characteristics of Genres**


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 * RIT Range: 181-190**

• Uses reference materials to determine the meaning and pronunciation of words (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus) • Identifies stories as "make-believe" (fiction) • Identifies characteristics of magazines • Identifies primary and secondary sources in informational text • Recognizes characteristics of a variety of literary forms and genres • Recognizes characteristics of fairy tales, of folk tales, of fiction, and of nonfiction • Distinguishes among nonfiction forms of literary text • Recognizes characteristics of myths, of poems, and of fables • Recognizes the genre of a literary text as fantasy • Recognizes characteristics of historical fiction, of chapter books, of informal letters, and of plays • Recognizes characteristics of biographies and autobiographies • Identifies characteristics of advertisements • Differentiates among various forms of literary genre • Identifies literary text as fiction • Identifies characteristics of maps, reports, directions, business letters, procedures, and textbooks • Identifies characteristics of reference materials (e.g., dictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus) • Recognizes parts of a book (e.g., title page, author, table of contents)
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