Title - Abe Lincoln His Wit amd Wisdom from A-Z Author: Schroeder, Alan Publisher: Scholastic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Abe Lincoln spoke many memorable adages. As the sixteenth president, he needed great wisdom to guide the country through the Civil War, preserve the Union, and end slavery. Inform Biographies/Auto RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1781 4.7 870 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 33 Total # of Words 2977 # of Different Words 1002 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1927 64.7% # of Hi freq words 366 36.5% % of Long Sentences 16.1 Low Freq occurs 314 10.5% # of Low freq words 222 22.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Captions Inserts/Side bars Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Dates Bold/Italicized Words Headings Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Topics *History War Government Slavery Leadership Presidents Low Frequency Words ability accomplishment according acres administration advantage aesop's ambitious amendment appointed arsenal artillery assassin assigned assure autobiography backwoodsman bumpkin campaign carpentry cemetery challenged churchgoer clients comedy concern concerned confederate conflict congress congressman constitution crick crisis dating dc dealing deathly dedication democracy desperately devise disapprove disapproved dished disorganized distressed divorce doubt duel earliest eastern eloquent emancipation emancipator engulfed equality equip expresses fathered federal fewer freed freedom frequently future gallows general generous gettysburg government's handkerchiefs handwritten hanks happiness harbor hell herndon hesitate homestead honest horror illinois image immediately impulse indicated insisting instance intelligent intended invading invention irritated january joyous kentucky knoll laughter lawyer legislator legislature lexington liar lively lumber marriage mercy mexican military mischief modest moral mosquitoes mourning muskrats nation national naughty navies neighbor nevada nickname nicknames noble northerners occurred offended offense official original otherwise outraged owe oyster oysters paces pacific paperwork participated partner passage patent patented peace pennsylvania personally pleasure plunged poem poetry political politics positions postmaster practically preserver presidency president president's private proclamation progress promontory property purgatory quarreling railway ranks reality rebels regarded replica representatives represented respected ridge riot rough saloon samaritan sandbars scrambled sections selected seriously slavery social soldier southern speeches splitter springfield statement stationary strategy subscribe sumter superior supporters supposedly surrender tavern tearing theater traitor transcontinental tribute underway unfortunately union universal unpatriotic various vigorously weapons whites whittled wilkes wives wooded youngest