Title - Extracts from Adam's Diary Author: Twain, Mark Publisher: Unknown Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This diary of Adam by Mark Twain tells Adam's feelings about all the things happening to him as the first man on the earth, particularly how he meets Eve and his troubles with her. Entertain Diary/Journal/Letters RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4731 7+ 1170 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 102 Total # of Words 4411 # of Different Words 1053 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 3512 79.6% # of Hi freq words 399 37.9% % of Long Sentences 31.5 Low Freq occurs 330 7.5% # of Low freq words 269 25.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Required Complexity: Many different ideas Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Headings Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Integral Setting - Historical Targets adult reader First Person Topics Children Humor *Human Body & Health *Feelings, Behaviors Names Relationships Low Frequency Words absence accidental accommodate according accounts accuses adamiensis admiration advised advises alas amuse apparent arrayed assured astonished augments beseeching betrays blessed boughs buzzard capricious carries catastrophe chancing chestnut chestnuts circumstance clod clodded coercion coeval collected commotion companion complaints complexion conclusion consequence consequently consulting contrary convinced cruel curiosity curious curtained deciphered depressed desist despondent determine determined developments devilish diary differs diminishing disagreed discarded discontented discontinued disordered doubt doubtful eden education effect emigrate enables enigma erie escaped estate evidently execrable exhaustive expedition extraordinary extravagance faculty fasten figurative flowery foresee forlorn fortnight frantic fret furnish further general glance greatly grieves growth hampered happier harassing haste hence hereafter hieroglyphics highly hind honestly hoping idiotic imbecility imitation imitative immature improved incomplete indicate indifferent informed innocent instance instant intended introduce intruded intruding invention irreparable jest judgment justification justified justify kangaroorum kin lateness legged likely littered lonelier lonesome mastodon meagre meantime mentioned mere merely method mistaken modify mouldy mouthful musical nature nearness neighbor niagara noble numskull objections obliged obliterated observed occasion occasions offends offensive opportunity ought overturn passion peace perplex perplexing perplexity persuasion pickings pitiful pleasant plunge plunged poppa portion prejudiced presently pretext previously principles property provided prowling public publication publicly purely purpose radiant recklessly region relation relinquished repetition resemblance resembles resort respect result sample satisfactory satisfied scenery scheme science season secluded securing selected serpent severity shedding shudder sincerity singular slumbering snatched solemn solitudes soothe sorrow speech spite stirring straightway stylish sufficient sufficiently suits superfluous superintend superintending surely sweetness sympathy tedious tempest tidy timber titter tittered tonawanda translated travelled unclassifiable uncomfortable uncomfortably understanding unreasonable variation variegated variety vestige wallow waywardness wearies weariness weary weathers whereas witty zoological