Title - Hercules Author: Colloredo, Sabina Publisher: Windmill Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Hercules goes about his twelve labors in a modern and comical retelling of the ancient mythological tale. Entertain Legends RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2039 5.0 910 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 2755 # of Different Words 863 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 1882 68.3% # of Hi freq words 353 40.9% % of Long Sentences 4 Low Freq occurs 188 6.8% # of Low freq words 119 13.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Chapters Headings Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Difficult names Topics Challenges Adventures *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words alcmene amazement amphitryon amphitryon's angrier angrily announced aphrodite ares artemis assassins athena banquet betray births chariot charmed courage craftiness curls currents descendant disobey drenching droplets eileithyia eros eurystheus excitedly exhausted fault fiery forked fury future galaxy goddesses handsome heatedly hebe helios hellos helpless hera hera's hermes hesperides ignoring illegitimate impatiently intelligence iphicles lovingly madly mattered messenger monster's mortal mortals mount murmured muttered mysterious nature nervously nicippe nicippe's nursery offspring olive olympus overturned patience pawing perseus piercing precious premonition propose rages reasons reign request romance rough scaring scornfully sensed shriek slithered slithering spilling sprang squirm stammered startled streaked studied stunned surrounded swear sword tenderly terribly terrified throughout thundering tongues uneasiness upright urgent velvet vision warrior willed windowsill winged wrath yelped zigzagged