| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| When Rancher Hicks drives 84 miles to Sleepy Gulch for excitement, back at the ranch, all that happens is Elna strikes oil, inherits a fortune, and is visited by the President. |
Entertain |
Fantasy |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 689 |
3.1 |
680 |
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 |
26 |
Total # of Words |
903 |
# of Different Words |
385 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
498 |
55.1% |
# of Hi freq words |
135 |
35.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
8.2 |
Low Freq occurs |
71 |
7.9% |
# of Low freq words |
49 |
12.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Multiple speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Some implications |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Character traits |
| Integral Setting |
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| Topics |
| Attitudes |
| Actions |
| *Family & Friends |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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bikini |
calves |
cashed |
diamond |
diploma |
diplomat |
diplomat's |
edith |
edith's |
editor |
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enclosed |
estate |
general |
glamorous |
gossip |
gulch |
hairdresser |
hicks |
incredible |
limo |
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lottery |
luncheonette |
meanwhile |
mildew |
mosied |
nothin |
oilmen |
piglets |
postman |
president |
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president's |
producer |
rainstorm |
rancher |
rant |
refinery |
refrigerator |
roaming |
scalloped |
sheriff |
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siding |
stable |
stately |
strolled |
studied |
stylish |
whisker |
worth |
yawn |
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