Title - And Then There Were None Author: Christie, Agatha Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Content includes murder. Ten strangers are gathered together on an isolated island by a mysterious host. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts, and then one by one they die. Entertain Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3460 7+ 1100 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 48 Total # of Words 4252 # of Different Words 1223 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 3057 71.9% # of Hi freq words 472 38.6% % of Long Sentences 9.9 Low Freq occurs 438 10.3% # of Low freq words 318 26% 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 unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Several shifts in time Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Flashback Foreshadowing Difficult names Foreign words Idioms Topics Mystery Challenges Death Tricks Danger Crime *Citizenship & Laws *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words abode abruptly absolutely accompanying account accurate accurately acquit admiralty admiringly advertisements agency angrily anxiously apparelled apparently appliances approaching approval approve arrogant assent assured aura authority bellhaven bleary blore boredom brooding brute canon carnage carriage casual caution chap cheque cigar clarity cleaving client colonel colonials communion competent complimented conscientiously consideration constante consulted consulting convey convincing coroner coroner's correspondent courage crawling critically cronies cruel cushions dalmain damnable damned deceived decent decisively delicately deportment determined devastating devon diagnosis dignity disadvantages discomfort disposal distinguished dividends dorset drawn dyer's elderly employer empowered enchanting enclose enveloped errand evidently exeter expenses fancied fascinating fashioned fellow fellows figures fingering flourish fortunately frightfully furnishings further gabrielle general generation gent gentleman gin gingerbeer glance glances gossip gramophones grateful grey guineas gulls handwriting harley healing hedge hiccuped honeymoon hugo illegal illegible illegibly immediately immense impatiently imperceptibly income indicated injections inquest inquired inspire intensely islands jove judge judgment keen kindness knowing latter launch lawrence lax leapt leggard's leisure liberty literally logic lombard lombard's lounging luggage luscious luxurious luxury macarthur major manservant marston medicine mentally mere merryweather military millionaire mistress momentary mortal motor moustache muttered mysterious naked nature nowadays oakbridge occupied olton opposite original originality ormen ought owens owing paddington parted particular patients penalties permanent personally piling plaintively plunged plymouth political porter porters positively pounce practically presence principles proceeded profile progress proportioned proposed prospect publicity purchase purchased queerly recent recommendation recumbent reflected reputation reread resemblance retired robson romantic royalty rumour rumour' rumours sailor salary salisbury schoohnistressy scrutinized seafaring seaside secretarial secretary senior shaken shamelessly shrewd signature signatures sincerely slumbering society solemn soothingly spending spite splitting squall staggering statement sticklehaven stiffly strenuous subsequent subsiding substitute suggestion suitcases surely surrendered surround surrounded swarm syria taxis temporary terms thish thoughtfully torquay travellers treacherous treatment triumphal triumphed truly turl una unacquainted uncertainty unchallenged uncommon undertake unexpected unfortunate unsteadily untrue unyielding upright vague various venture vera vii wargrave wasp wasps who'd wired women's writers yawned you'm