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Phonological awareness includes which of the following skills?

  1. Identifying and making rhymes

  2. Constructing written language

  3. Reading with expression

  4. Decoding complex sentences

The correct answer is: Identifying and making rhymes

Identifying and making rhymes is a key component of phonological awareness, as it involves recognizing and manipulating the sounds in words. This skill is fundamental because it helps children understand the sound structure of language, which is crucial for later reading development. Phonological awareness encompasses a range of skills related to the auditory processing of sounds, including the ability to hear, recognize, and work with sounds in spoken language. This includes not only rhyming but also isolating sounds, blending sounds, and segmenting words into syllables and phonemes. The other options refer to skills that are more directly related to literacy and reading comprehension, rather than the foundational auditory skills that phonological awareness entails.