Title - Beauty and the Beast Author: Disney Artists Publisher: Disney Editions Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 808 3.3 700 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 32 Total # of Words 1794 # of Different Words 593 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1178 65.7% # of Hi freq words 230 38.8% % of Long Sentences 5.2 Low Freq occurs 95 5.3% # of Low freq words 66 11.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Storybook Language Topics Witches Appearances Magic Castles Princes/Princesses *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words amazement asylum bashfully charging cogsworth conceited deserve despair dreadful dungeon embraced enchanted enchantress excitedly faraway forbidding former fortress gaston gentleman gracefully handing handsome handsomeness harms hideous household injured invention kindness loyal lumiere magical marriage maurice meanwhile mounted objects pounce prove prowling raving reared reassured restored reveal selfishness servants sneered sparkling sprawling surrounded taunted tavern tenderly timidly tour towards ugliness unharmed uninviting villagers waltzing wardrobe warned whinnying