Title - Cold Mountain Author: Frazier, Charles Publisher: Grove Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, a Confederate soldier named Inman decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains to Ada, the woman he loves. Persuade Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4550 7+ 1160 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 58 Total # of Words 3837 # of Different Words 1181 Ave Word/.Sent 19 Hi Freq occurs 2847 74.2% # of Hi freq words 441 37.3% % of Long Sentences 47.7 Low Freq occurs 306 8% # of Low freq words 268 22.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Sequence of Events: Several shifts in time Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex character relationships Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Symbolism Alternating voice Topics Work Attitudes *History War Courage American History Conflicts *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Poverty Low Frequency Words aback abraded acres actively admirably agent allowable almighty alongside alteration altered apparently approached arrayed augured aurora banished basin beadboard befeathered blindman brawl bristles britches brute bulbous cartridges cartwheels cavalry certified chapel charged chords cinched cite clarifying clodpated coining comb commit committing companions configured consciousness considerably constantly convincingly corpses cough countless crated cropped curled determination determined dire dispute diversion dogfight drover eaves effect enlist eventually examination expectation eyeshot favored federal federals flatlands flux foes fraction framing fredericksburg future general generals gesture glassing glimpse grey gritted hairless halved harbor hateful hayfield headway healed heights hickory hind hollered hooves horizon hospital's humped hunched hunker imagination imagined instance katydids keened ladderback lank lighting liking limb lodged logic lorena lungs lurid major makings malvern marse maryes meadow meats mere mistrusted molding monstrous movements muse mushrooms mute newly newsprint nightshirt nightstand noble numbered obscure occupants occupied odors omen opinion ordinarily outdone outfitted outranked overhung overnight paces paddleboard paddling particularly pastures patchy pausing peepers periodically phrases picturing pierced piney pleasure plucked posture potent potomac poultry preference proceeded puckered quavered ramrod ranks razor recollected regiment relative remarked render repeatedly resembled reveal ridges rifles rotted rousing sabers sacredness salutation scabbing scarce schoolteachers seized seldom separate settling shaping shard shawl shimmered shortly shuffling significance similar skimmed sloping slurry soared solemn solidified somewhat sought spectacles speech squatted squirmed stirring stout strop studied stunned sunken suspected swelled tamp tapered taunted terracing textured throughout thrust thumbed trenched troubling truants trudging unaccountably unfletched uniforms unspeakable unwelcome updraft uphill various varnished victor vied viewed vile vision visions vista volley wadding waking ward weary wedgelike whipping whistled willingly windowsill withering witnessed witnesses wrist yardful