Title - Black Beauty Author: Sewell, Anna Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The dramatic and heartwarming Black Beauty is told by the magnificent horse himself in nineteenth century England, from his idyllic days on a country squire's estate to his harsh fate as a London cab horse. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1974 4.9 900 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 92 Total # of Words 3496 # of Different Words 802 Ave Word/.Sent 25 Hi Freq occurs 2750 78.7% # of Hi freq words 352 43.9% % of Long Sentences 65.9 Low Freq occurs 146 4.2% # of Low freq words 98 12.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Table of Contents Chapters Features Simple Plot First Person Unconventional punctuation Dialect/Accents Topics *Animals Horses Low Frequency Words accommodation accustomed advantage advice amongst astonished astonishment blinkers breeching bury carriages chaise circumstance cruel crupper darkie disregard doubled doubt drawn dreadful duchess farrier farrier's favourites fir forge fortnight frequently further gig girths gordon gordon's grinding groaning halter handsome harness headstall hedge huntsmen ignorant immediately kindly leapt likely lilies lodge lodging meadow meadows mention neigh neighbouring orchard ought overhang overhung paddock pales peace plantation plantations pleasant ploughboy ploughed pluck presently pricked railway restive roadside rook's rough scent separated shone shriek skirted squire squire's stable stables stag stalls stations tearing thoughtful tolling twas vain vice weariness whence whilst whine whinnied whipped