Title - Greek Myths Author: McCaughrean, Geraldine Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This wonderful collection of sixteen favorite Greek myths captures all the magic of these timeless stories. The book presents well-known tales, including the adventures of Jason, Theseus and Odysseus, the stories of Icarus and King Midas, and more. Entertain Myths RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1386 4.2 810 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 36 Total # of Words 1504 # of Different Words 526 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1061 70.5% # of Hi freq words 221 42% % of Long Sentences 11.3 Low Freq occurs 78 5.2% # of Low freq words 59 11.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Chapters Headings Features Character traits Clear cause/effect Symbolism Difficult names Topics *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words accepting breast bustled chained chariot column courage craftsman crawling crouched cruelty curtains disappointment disease epimetheus fiery flitted glimmering hopelessness islands jealousy landscape latch latches mains mercury molded mount mustering mustn't olympus oozed padlocked pandora pandora's peaceful prometheus prometheus's revolting reward scuttled shown shred shriveled slithering sliver snarling stalk sustained tongues underworld unhappiness unlatched upright veil venus wilted woodland writhed