Title - Anne of Green Gables Author: Montgomery, Lucy Maud Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Anne with an 'e' is an orphan from Nova Scotia who moves to Avonlea on Prince Edward Island with the Cuthberts. Despite her issues with her carrot-red hair and her classmate Gilbert, she finds "kindred spirits" and survives many teenage adventures. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3315 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 88 Total # of Words 3489 # of Different Words 1036 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 2533 72.6% # of Hi freq words 415 40.1% % of Long Sentences 28.6 Low Freq occurs 245 7% # of Low freq words 204 19.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Difficult Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Many different ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Topics *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words abundant accomplishment accordingly adjusted advice aggressively agonies angles astonished asylum auxiliary avonlea awed balsamy bargain be's birches bordered brimming burnt cascade concealed concerns concluded conducted conscience considerable contented curiosity curves decency deftly deny dint disapproved disapprovingly disposition distrustful doubtful doubts dreaded earnest encountered enjoyment exclamation expectation extreme fashion fellow feminine fir flush foreign fringed further furthest gables gauntlet generally glimpse hairpins hanged headache headlong helplessly hereabouts hollow homestead horizon housekeepers housewife humour imagination imported indicated influence informed innovation instance intricate irishman irresponsible jogged jolt jutting knitted knitting lacking ladies latter lawrence likely lobster lombardies manage marina meadows mellow mercy's minute's missions moments moreover morrison myriad mysterious neglecting neighbors neighbour's notable noting notion occupied offend official opinion orchard orchards orphan's orphans ought ourselves painfully parlour particular passenger patiently peace pearl peninsula personage placidly plainly poisoning ponder precise preferred presently preserves prided proceeded profound proverbial purely purpose rambling reflecting regard regulated retreating reviving rigid ruther rutted sake scant schooling scope scotia seldom sensation seriously severe shingles shrink shyest sidled situated situation slender sloped smartly society somewhat source sow sowing spencer spite spry steadily stooping stricken swept tangle telegram traversed triangular turnip twitched unaccountably uncanny uncomfortable ungainly unheard unseen unused visible volunteer warn warp whence whistled worthy