| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When good King Midas helps an elderly man find his way home he is granted his fondest wish to turn anything he touches into pure gold. At first, this gift seems like the most wonderful thing to have ever happened but he soon learns that you should be careful what you wish for. |
Entertain |
Fables |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 108 |
1.3 |
150 |
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 |
11 |
Total # of Words |
135 |
# of Different Words |
69 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
6 |
Hi Freq occurs |
62 |
45.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
22 |
31.9% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
0 |
0% |
# of Low freq words |
0 |
0% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Topics |
| Magic |
| Gold |
| Kings/Queens |
| *Fictional Ideas/Charac |
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