Title - Deadliest Animals on the Planet Author: Authors, Misc Publisher: National Geographic Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Don’t be fooled. Even tiny animals like cute little jewel-toned frogs or massive, sleepy-looking, plant-eating hippos can pack a deadly punch. Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2389 5.6 960 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 38 Total # of Words 3205 # of Different Words 1119 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 2091 65.2% # of Hi freq words 377 33.7% % of Long Sentences 25.6 Low Freq occurs 318 9.9% # of Low freq words 227 20.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Simple graphics supplementary to text comprehension Unconventional format Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Complexity: Many different ideas Inserts/Side bars Features Difficult names Present Tense Topics Food Chain Danger Predators/Prey *Animal Life Low Frequency Words ability absolutely accidentally addition aggressive aided alien amphibian amphibians anaconda anglerfish antelope anting apparent attacker's average birdeater burrow casque cassowary chasing chemicals chompers colony communicates constantly cooperation corals corroboree cousins coyotes crawly creature's cuckoo curious curve cutie cuties dangle deadliest deliberately devils devours disabling disease disposition disturbed dominant dominican edged european extremely factor fearsome fiction flexible flightless forelegs furry gangs generally getaway glands goblin grasslands grizzlies grizzly hagfishes haiti halloween harpy heartbeat heaviest heavyweight hedgehog hedgehogs herd hibernates honeybee household iguana iguanas impressive inclined injuries innocent instinct internal invasive keen komodo laced lancehead lanceheads lbs legged likely literally location lunge lure lyme mandibles mantis marsupial marsupials massive measuring medicine meerkat meerkat's meerkats mere mouthful mucus napping nostrils occasionally omnivores organs oversize palythoa paralyzes participating partner patiently persistent personality phrase piercing platypus platypuses poisonous porcupine's porcupines possibility potential predator predators predatory preferred preferring prickly purpose pursue quoll's rainforests raising razor rebuilds reckoned regrow relatives relieve republic result results rival riverbeds rodent saliva salmon sample science scorpions secrete seriously serrated shred shrewlike situation sloths solenodon solenodons spectacular spiky spine spines spiny sponges sprinters spurs squishy startling stingray stingrays structure stuffie stung substance substances suggests superior supersize survival swallow swallows talons tarantula tarantulas tasmanian teamwork temporarily territories territory theme thrash threat threatened tongues toxic toxin unharmed unsuspecting venom venomous vipers vision volume warrior whites wildebeests wildlife wingspan wolffish worthy wrist