Title - Jane Eyre Author: Bronte, Charlotte Publisher: Dover Editions Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre An orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school culminates in a troubled career as a governess. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4589 7+ 1160 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 88 Total # of Words 3460 # of Different Words 1261 Ave Word/.Sent 21 Hi Freq occurs 2413 69.7% # of Hi freq words 414 32.8% % of Long Sentences 56.8 Low Freq occurs 491 14.2% # of Low freq words 440 34.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex plot Mood/tone First Person Foreign words Topics Family Social Skills Conflicts *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words abbot abuse accommodation account accumulation accustomed ached acquire acrid additional adjoined afar affection affirmed agreeable alas aloof alpine ample antipathy apparently appeal application approach ascertained aspect attesting attire aversion avert ballads becalmed belated benefactress's bilious billow bleared bluntly borne bracing breathed browbeaten captious carriage casket cavillers ceaseless centre chidings choicest circumstance colour commit comprehended concentre conception condemned consciousness consecration contented contents continually counterpane crescent crimped crimson cruel curls curtain curtains cushioned damask deceased delicate dells dependence depth desolate desperation dickens diffidence dingy dismal dispensed disposed disposition disregarded disturbed divest doubtfully drapery drawer drawn dreadful dreading drear dreary earnest effect elders emperors endeavouring equality equilibrium ere eventide existence extreme extremities extremity eyre farthest fascinated fault favour fawn ferny fervently festoons fetched fewer fiend flung forbidding forlorn fowl franker frantic frequent frequently fulfil further fury gallows garters gathering gazing general generally gentleman gentlemen's gesture ghastly girdled glance glancing glared glazed gloss goldsmith's gorged grandeur grasp greatly greenland guarantee guarded habitually harsh haunted haunts headlong headstone headstrong hearth heights hence hollow horizon hothouse humble humbled humour hurl ignominy immediately imperfect impressive impudence impulse inclined incredulous indemnity indicated indifference indulged inferiority inferred inflictions influx inscribed insolent inspired instantly instinctively insult intelligible intended intention interruption intervals intimated introductory intrusion involuntarily ironing irrational isles jewel joining kindly lamentable lapland legged lengths letterpress liable ligature lighter lineaments loosened madam mahogany majesty mansion marine marseilles massive mattresses melancholy menaces midst miniature mirrors missis moment's moments moors mope morsel mounted muffled multiplied murderer mused mutiny mysterious naked narrated naughty naze necessity newly nightcap nipped northern norway notion notions nursery obedient object obligations offend opinion opprobrium ottoman ought owing panels panes parallels parchments parted partiality passages passion passionate paused penalties penetrating phantoms physical pigeons pillars pining pleasant pleasantly poise poorhouse possessed possibility pours prayers predominated preparation presence presently privileges profoundly prominent promontories pungent purchase quailed quarrelling questioners reality realms rebel reclined recollections refined reflections regaining regions regretted rendered repent replying represented reproach reproved reservoir resisted resolved respected retired retirement retrospective revealed review reviled revolted rigours riveted roman rude rummage saddened sallowness sanity scarcely scarlet schoolboy seating secure seldom sensations sensible sentiment separating servant servants shrank shrined shrouded shrub shrubbery shutting siberia significance similar sociable solemn solitary sombre somewhat southern spacious specking spite spitzbergen sprightly stateliest stout stranded strangely stripped strove studded studied subdued subjoined subsiding succeeding suggestion sullen superstition surge surround surrounding surveying sweetmeats tabernacle tantrums termed terror thence thrust thrusting thule thwarted tiresome tizzy torpid tottered travellers trifle truly turbid turk twilight tyrannies tyrant underhand understanding undertaker's undeveloped unfrequently universally unnoticed unwholesome vacant vague varying vignettes vigour violence violent visage vision visionary volume wandering wantonly wardrobe whereof whirls wickedness