Title - Great Expectations Author: Dickens, Charles Publisher: Penguin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A tiny orphan boy named Pip doesn't expect much from life... His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. Persuade Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3685 7+ 1110 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 124 Total # of Words 3677 # of Different Words 1024 Ave Word/.Sent 17 Hi Freq occurs 2762 75.1% # of Hi freq words 391 38.2% % of Long Sentences 49.1 Low Freq occurs 312 8.5% # of Low freq words 255 24.9% 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: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot First Person Foreign words Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Attitudes Challenges Wealth Self Esteem *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words achievement acquaintance adjoined admiration advantage advice aforesaid aghast ally apothecary applied authority available avenging beacon betwixt blacksmith's bolters bolting briars calculating cask casting cautiously chap chawed circumstances clasping commit companionship comparison competition concerning concluded conclusion confidence confidences confidential connubial consistent consternation contemplated cough curls d'ye depression depth derived desperately dexterity dikes diminishing disconsolately dismal divined dosed dreadful dreadfully dutch earnestly elth elth's eluding emptied evident evidently exertions existence explicit expressed faltered fancies fastened fellow fenced flaxen flints foreshadowed forge freckled freemasonry frequent fret fugitive further gargery gargerys general gibbet giddy glancing glared grater grievous guiltily gulped halves han't harming helpless helplessly helplessness hewed horizontal housekeeping identity immediately imparted impregnable impression improbable indebted inscription intelligence intermixed intersected investigation ironed kindly knowing lair lamed larcenous larceny latch latter leaden likeness limping liver lozenges marsh marshes memorable mentally mention mentioned mercy merit mischief missile morrow moulding mounds muttered mysterious natured neighbors numbed nutmeg obstruction occasion oncommon opposite overgrown paged parish partickler pecooliar photographs pint plaster pleaded pledge plunge pockets pollards pondering pounced powerfully practically precious premises presently prevailing prospect purchase purpose pursued ravenously recommend redness regarding religiously remonstrance reproach reputation researches reserve resolution resolved sacred sailors savage sawed seized separating sheltering shuddering sickly smartly smothered solemnly sot squally stamping stimulated stout strayed strictest stung sufferers sumever supposin tempered terms terror thoughtful threatening threshold tickler tilted timidly to't tobias tombstone tombstones towards tremendous trenchant trifle trousers truly uncomfortable unconscious undecided undersized undertook unhooped universal unreasonably upright vivid wain waistcoat warn't weakness weathercock whimpered whisker whiskers whites wittles worrit yonder