| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Danny loves dinosaurs. When he sees one at the museum and says, "It would be nice to play with a dinosaur," a voice answers, "And I think it would be nice to play with you." |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 204 |
2.0 |
460 |
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 |
21 |
Total # of Words |
841 |
# of Different Words |
280 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
564 |
67.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
131 |
46.8% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
1 |
0.1% |
# of Low freq words |
1 |
0.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Features |
| Simple Plot |
| Personification |
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| Topics |
| Dinosaurs |
| *Animals |
| Friendship |
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