Title - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Author: Dahl, Roald Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre When Willy Wonka's hallowed chocolate factory holds a worldwide contest awarding tours to the lucky, five children emerge as winners, including a glutton, a gum-chewing nitwit, a spoiled brat, and a TV addict. Only Charlie Bucket, the story's earnest hero, stands to win the exotic riches of Wonka's empire. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1225 4.0 780 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 61 Total # of Words 1932 # of Different Words 598 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 1349 69.8% # of Hi freq words 258 43.1% % of Long Sentences 23.9 Low Freq occurs 73 3.8% # of Low freq words 60 10% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Integral Setting Difficult names Topics Competition Cooking Winning/Losing Food Inventions/Inventors Low Frequency Words absolutely absurd belching caramels chocolatey cleverest creamier d'you delicate delicious deliciously desperately drafts expose extraordinary extremely factories feathery gorgeous gradually grandfathers greedily inventions inventor longed magician margarine marshmallows marvelous mattresses method munching nightcaps occasion ordinary pleasure pockets presented presidents prunes pure raising satisfying scented screwer shriveled surrounding throughout tiredness torture tortured torturing tremendous uncomfortable violets whizzing wonka wonka's wrapping wrinkled