| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Adjectives are words like hairy, scary, cool, and ordinary.
Simple, rhyming text and colorful cartoon cats help children expand their vocabularies and gain an appreciation for the rhythm of language in this lighthearted book of rhyming verse. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 625 |
3.0 |
660 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
68 |
Total # of Words |
345 |
# of Different Words |
218 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
18 |
Hi Freq occurs |
158 |
45.8% |
# of Hi freq words |
47 |
21.6% |
| % of Long Sentences |
73.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
36 |
10.4% |
# of Low freq words |
32 |
14.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Many Long Complex |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Bold/Italicized Words |
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| Features |
| Unconventional punctuation |
| Unusual use of vocabulary |
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| Topics |
| Words |
| *Language Arts |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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adjective |
adjectives |
chorus |
descend |
downright |
frightening |
herringbone |
jealous |
junky |
knotted |
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lemonades |
looped |
lopsided |
mauve |
modify |
nifty |
nouns |
ordinary |
overdone |
plaid |
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polka |
puce |
saggy |
sided |
sincere |
somewhat |
spiffy |
stretchy |
undercooked |
vibrant |
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wired |
wrinkled |
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