| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| A peddler walks from town to town, selling the caps he proudly balances in a huge stack on his head. But he has to deal with a tribe of mischievous monkeys along the way! |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 254 |
2.1 |
510 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
40 |
Total # of Words |
685 |
# of Different Words |
181 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
10 |
Hi Freq occurs |
420 |
61.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
79 |
43.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
11.1 |
Low Freq occurs |
8 |
1.2% |
# of Low freq words |
4 |
2.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Topics |
| Positional Words |
| Order |
| Actions |
| Clothes |
| Colors |
| Teasing |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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ordinary |
peddler |
refreshed |
wares |
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