Title - Help Yourself Author: Hill, David Publisher: The Wright Group Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Entertain RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 569 2.9 650 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 32 Total # of Words 1378 # of Different Words 493 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 909 66% # of Hi freq words 192 38.9% % of Long Sentences 14.2 Low Freq occurs 51 3.7% # of Low freq words 39 7.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple problem/solution Simple Plot Twist ending First Person Topics Challenges Courage Fair play/Fairness *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words busiest calmly carriers cellophane crackly daintily davidson dude eastwood embarrassed further granola harley hiya hugest jeans knuckles lowered massive milkshake opposite pockets provided ridden route scurrying shaven shrinking skinhead sliding squash studded terribly terror thoughtfully twitching weird westerns wrapping