COG+171-180


 * Skill: Describe Characteristics of Genres**


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 * RIT Range: 171-180**

• Uses picture dictionaries to gain understanding of unfamiliar words • Identifies characteristics of a variety of literary forms and genres • Identifies characteristics of fairy tales and of folk tales • Identifies stories as "make-believe" (fiction) • Identifies stories that could happen (nonfiction) • Identifies characteristics of legends, fables, myths, poems, nursery rhymes, picture books, predictable books, and newspapers • Identifies characteristics of a variety of informational texts • Identifies characteristics of reference materials (e.g., atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia)
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