| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching savings grow. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 1616 |
4.5 |
840 |
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 |
49 |
Total # of Words |
1180 |
# of Different Words |
357 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
11 |
Hi Freq occurs |
663 |
56.2% |
# of Hi freq words |
115 |
32.2% |
| % of Long Sentences |
16.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
42 |
3.6% |
# of Low freq words |
34 |
9.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Unconventional format |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Required |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
| Concepts: Abstract/Complex Environmental |
| Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy |
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| Features |
| Second Person |
| Unconventional punctuation |
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| Topics |
| Work |
| Counting |
| Money |
| Saving |
| *Economics |
| *Math |
| Numbers |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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apiece |
boa |
borrowed |
bulky |
challenge |
clearinghouse |
combinations |
congratulations |
delicious |
endangered |
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estate |
excellent |
ferris |
fixable |
hefty |
horrace |
instance |
lending |
magnificent |
meadow |
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mow |
obstreperous |
ogre |
ogres |
payment |
purchase |
purse |
rhinoceroses |
salesman's |
stupendous |
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towering |
twenties |
unloved |
worth |
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