Title - Ling & Ting: Not Exactly The Same Author: Lin, Grace Publisher: LB Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Ling and Ting are identical twins who people think are exactly the same, but time and again they prove to be different. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 252 2.1 510 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 14 Total # of Words 859 # of Different Words 231 Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 453 52.7% # of Hi freq words 94 40.7% % of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 14 1.6% # of Low freq words 9 3.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Features Character traits Simple Plot Present Tense Topics Twins Sisters *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words abracadabra dumplings hocus lings pocus shazaam ting's tings wand