Title - Heroes in Action Author: Dougall, Alastair Publisher: Penguin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A list of superheroes and villains describing their powers. Entertain Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2516 5.8 980 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 39 Total # of Words 2676 # of Different Words 1003 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 1455 54.4% # of Hi freq words 274 27.3% % of Long Sentences 23.9 Low Freq occurs 419 15.7% # of Low freq words 298 29.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Formal Concept: Fanciful Table of Contents Glossary Features Difficult names Present Tense Topics Heroes *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words ability abroad access accidentally accuracy acrobatic adoptive aerial agamotto agencies agency agent aging ally altering ambitious amplifier androids approaching arsenal artifacts asgard asgardian assemble avenger avengers belova bioelectric boomerang boosts brainwashed brotherhood burglar captivity carrier cartridges chaos civilian communicate constant constantly continually convicted convincing cooperate cosmic courageous creed crises crisis cushion deadliest decisions dedicate defenders demon destined destruction determined devotes dimension dimensions distances dormammu echoes electronics encephalo enchanting enforcement engineer equipment eventually excellent expelled extremely falcon firepower fluid foe foes freedom further gadgets gauntlets gender generates generous genius global greatly gymnast harlem harmony harness hatred havoc hawkeye headquarters helicarrier heroes heroic horror hq hulk humanity identities identity ignoring illusions improve improvements increase increased incredible independent injury inspired intelligence invention inventions inventor involve involved involves invulnerable jealous jealousy kidnapped lang lightweight lodged loki longs longtime loyal luckily magical magician magneto magneto's mansion manufactures martial marvel massive maximoff maximum measures mechanical memories menace menaces mightiest mischief missions mobile mon mounted movement mutant mutants mystical nightmarish obey objects operation opinions organization organizations origin original overthrow panther particle particles particular partnership peacekeeping perfecting persistent persuade petty physical pietro plunge portal possess possesses prime proceeds programming project protection protective proves public public's quicksilver radioactive reality realizes realm rebirth reckless recruits reduce reinvention reinvents reject relied repulsor reputation requires rescues resentment responsible retractable robotics rogue romanoff rooftops ruthless sarcastic scarlet schemes scheming science scope secretive security serum serums shield shrapnel situation skyscraper social soldier solo sorcerer sorcery spellbinding spidey spymasters stark stingers strands stunning suction superb superfast superhuman supernatural supplies supreme technological technology teleport thor threat threats tormenting transformed transport transportation tropical troublemaker trustworthy ultimately unable unbeatable unfortunately unibeam unknown unlimited unstoppable untroubled upgrades upgrading various vibranium villainous villains virtually virus vision warlord wasp wealth weapons wears weaving whiz widow widow's winged worth wrist