| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Lilly thinks her new baby brother, Julius, is disgusting. But when Cousin Garland dares to criticize Julius, Lilly bullies her into loudly admiring Julius as the baby of the world. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 657 |
3.0 |
670 |
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 |
32 |
Total # of Words |
1087 |
# of Different Words |
362 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
645 |
59.3% |
# of Hi freq words |
141 |
39% |
| % of Long Sentences |
3.8 |
Low Freq occurs |
62 |
5.7% |
# of Low freq words |
48 |
13.3% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: Some difficult words |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
| Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Character development |
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| Topics |
| Babies |
| Jealousy |
| Brothers |
| *Family & Friends |
| *Feelings, Behaviors |
| Parents |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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amused |
antique |
apparently |
babble |
babbled |
capacity |
constantly |
diaper |
disguises |
doubtful |
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dreadful |
extraordinary |
exuberance |
festive |
garland |
ghastly |
glorious |
gurgle |
gurgled |
handing |
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honor |
hovered |
insulting |
invitation |
julius |
lullabies |
niceties |
nifty |
nightmares |
opera |
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opinion |
ourselves |
perfume |
praise |
raisin |
regret |
relatives |
restrain |
showered |
slink |
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sparkly |
speechless |
twitched |
uncooperative |
verbal |
victor |
vocabulary |
warned |
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