Title - Mockingjay Author: Collins, Suzanne Publisher: Thorndike Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Katniss Everdeen as she transitions from a traumatized games survivor into the reluctant symbol of a full-scale revolution, leading the oppressed districts of Panem to overthrow the tyrannical Capitol and President Snow. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3578 7+ 1110 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 60 Total # of Words 3520 # of Different Words 1201 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2578 73.2% # of Hi freq words 460 38.3% % of Long Sentences 19.7 Low Freq occurs 332 9.4% # of Low freq words 289 24.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting - Futuristic Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Targets adult reader First Person Difficult names Topics War Government Rebel/Rebellion Rules *Citizenship & Laws *Family & Friends Relationships Low Frequency Words abandonment ability aboveground absolve ache actual ajar alternative amiss approach approaches approximate arched artificial assessing authorities barrier belch billow blanketed calculating calmed capitol's carrion cautious chaos chink circling circumstances citizens citizenship cloying coin's committee compartments complicated concerned concussion confidence considerations conspiracy convinced cooperate cooperating cousins crackdown crouched current decent decomposition defying designed despite destruction disadvantage disliked district's diversity drowned edible educated eerily effects electrical electricity embedded embodiment embryos enigmatic enlist enthusiasm epidemic escaped evacuate eventually exaggerating excellent explosives faceup familiar fascinated fewer firebombs firebrand flaw fragile frantically fulvia gale gallows genetic genuinely glean granted grateful hallucinating hardens harm's heartbeats herd herded horribly hovercraft hoverplanes hunger immediately implantation impossibly incinerated incineration inexplicably inferno infertile infuriates injured instrumental intelligence interpreted interrogation intervened inventor invisible irreversible issue jumble kindness lacerated lash launch level likely literally loath maimed material materializes meadow medical medication medicinal memories military minor mishmash mockingjay motion motive mouthpiece movement noteworthy numbly obliterated obscured occasionally occupied officials openly oppression orchestrate organized orient outweigh overcome overthrow palms pantry peacekeeper peacekeepers percent perilous perimeter plutarch pointless population presence preserved president prisoner protection provided providing quell rallying ranks realize rebel rebellion rebels recent redeeming reeking refugee refugees refuse refused reinforce relatively reluctant remembrances renovations rescued reservations resistance respectfully results retribution revolution romulus rounded rubble scavengers scorched security sensation series shallow shared shown silken similar simplest situation slush soldier somewhat soothing sources speeches squad squarely squat stench stock stocks stragglers straighten stylist subsided surrounding survived survivors swear sweat swirl symbol tasteless technique tendency terrified thread thread's threatens tidy tomcat torments tortured tour transform transformed truly twitches ugliest unattended unbroken unceremoniously unconscious unexpectedly unfinished unfortunately unscathed upright various venture verge victor's viewed weaning weapons wheeled wherewithal whipping whisper whistling who'd wisp would've wreckage writhing