Title - Absolutely Normal Chaos Author: Creech, Sharon Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou keeps a summer journal which chronicles her first experiences with romance, homesickness, and death. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1448 4.3 820 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 103 Total # of Words 3834 # of Different Words 911 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2996 78.1% # of Hi freq words 425 46.7% % of Long Sentences 17.7 Low Freq occurs 137 3.6% # of Low freq words 94 10.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple Plot Parallel plots First Person Topics Family *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words aggravating alesci's annoyed assure bartels berserk cheevey christy's clumped coincidence commotion conversation curlers curtains deli dennis dennis's dialogue diary disappointment dougie drawer dribbles drooling duster elaborate elderly emergency farthest fault finney finneys formations furtz furtz's geez giggling graceful groceries grocery guilty historian hollering individual journal journals loaves lunged manage mattress messiest murder murphys neighbor nursery occurred ole ourselves pathetic perfume pigeon pockets poem pouring primitive radene radene's realize recording reflect routine sake sauce sewn shrugged situation slinking slopping stereo strolled stupidest sweater tagging temporarily temporary toed tourniquet typical vacuum venturing wears whisked winston