Title - A Wrinkle in Time Author: L'Engle, Madeleine Publisher: Dell Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract," which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time. Entertain Science Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2244 5.4 940 Amazon RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 71 Total # of Words 3457 # of Different Words 983 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 2553 73.9% # of Hi freq words 435 44.3% % of Long Sentences 15.5 Low Freq occurs 207 6% # of Low freq words 176 17.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Features Integral Setting - Futuristic Complex plot Symbolism Mood/tone Topics Time *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words abandoned ability accuracy admiration advantage announced anxiously assorted assures baring bouquet charmed cheerfulness chemicals chrysanthemums comparison constable's content contented crevices crisper curled curtains delinquent dentons diction drawn emerged emergency enjoyable exclusive familiar fashioned fault flaming fortinbras fragrantly frantically frenzied frightening furnace fury geometrical geraniums gossip grammar greyhound grimly haunted heavier henderson hoping housed hurricane impressive innocent isolated kitten's knelt knotted knowing laboratory lash lashes lashing lightly liverwurst llewellyn luxuriously madly manage medium meglet moderation moments mouthful murmured murray murry's nervously nobody'd occasional olds onion ought ounce outrageous outward overcoat overheard pace pajamaed pantry passable patchwork peered perched permission physically plainer plainness pong postmistress preliminaries prickle privilege probed proceeding prodigious property protection radiance ratted reflect refrigerator repulsive resentment rickety rough rumored rungs rustle saucepan savagely scarves scientist scornfully scrawny scudded section sections seldom serenely serenity setter seventh shaggy shingled shingles shortly shrill slender slicing smugly spectacular spite straightforward subdued subnormal subsided succession sugary sullen surely suspiciously that'll there've throughout tidily tiptoeing unattractive uncanny uncontrollable unoiled upsetting vicious vulnerable wardrobe warmth warnings whatsit wraithlike yawned youngest yours'll yourselves