Title - Hole In My Life Author: Gantos, Jack Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer. Persuade Narrative RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3319 7+ 1100 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 59 Total # of Words 2784 # of Different Words 1021 Ave Word/.Sent 18 Hi Freq occurs 2005 72% # of Hi freq words 382 37.4% % of Long Sentences 41.6 Low Freq occurs 259 9.3% # of Low freq words 225 22% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Clear cause/effect Mood/tone First Person Topics Writing Mistakes Jail/Prison *Citizenship & Laws *Feelings, Behaviors Drugs Low Frequency Words acne acquaintance alcohol americana antenna beachfront beers biology bleakest brawl briny brutality cafeteria cagey casino casinos cigarette circumstances collarbone committing constant construction controlling correctional cowardly cruel dangerously deadeye decision decisions depressing despicable diploma disabilities disinterest dixie documented dormitory dostoyevsky doyle electrical electricity electrocuted elks emergency exotic factor federal feigned ferociously flexible freedom fully future generally gideons gizzards grocery guy's hardback hauling haunted heaving homeowners hulking id ideal imagined impressive income inflict inhale institution inventing irish ironically irrational jewelry jingling journal journals juan junior karamazov keen kentucky kielbasa larded lauderdale laundry level lifelong limb loathing lottery majority meantime measured medical mediocre medium menacing mercy miami misery misfit misshapen moonlight morgue mustache neighbor ninth offense opportunity overalls overmatched paranoid parted patients pawed pegged pennsylvania personal photograph pitchfork pliers pocked pouring preschool prison prisoner prisoners privacy private process professional profundis project prosthetic prosthetics public puerto pulsed purchased purpose raising realize reasoned rebuilding redemption reenrolled relatives remorse rental reputation respecting response restless results robust rosy roulette sauce savagery scorched security senior sentenced service shedding showered sidecutters significant skimpy slyly snatching snazzy specially specimen spending spite spooning stereo strangle strolled studded subcontractor suited superintendent supervision surf surfer surgical swatch technician tempo thieves throughout tolerance tourist unchained unfortunately unlimited unnoticed vinegar violence volume volunteer waitresses wander warden warn warts weighed weird whatsoever whisper whittled wilde's winn writer yanked younger