Title - Gertrude McFuzz Author: Seuss, Dr. Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Gertrude wanted to be as beautiful as Lolla-Lee-Lou, who had two beautiful tail feathers compared to Gertrude's plain one. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 349 2.3 580 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 30 Total # of Words 611 # of Different Words 274 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 362 59.2% # of Hi freq words 104 38% % of Long Sentences 10.8 Low Freq occurs 15 2.5% # of Low freq words 14 5.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Character development Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Competition Attitudes Appearances *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words diamonds droop gnaw gobbled gumdrops jealous plucked prettier snatched swallowed swished twitch weighed yanked yelp