Title - New Moon
Author: Meyer, Stephenie
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
When the Cullens, including Bella's beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a cult and changes in terrible ways. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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2228 5.3 930
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 65 Total # of Words 4132 # of Different Words 1226
Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 3098 75% # of Hi freq words 489 39.9%
% of Long Sentences 15.5 Low Freq occurs 307 7.4% # of Low freq words 280 22.8%
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
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Features
Character traits
Integral Setting
Complex plot
Mood/tone
First Person
Topics
Challenges
*Fictional Ideas/Charac
*Feelings, Behaviors
Vampires
Werewolves
Low Frequency Words
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mirrored momentarily montagues mortality motionlessly mourn movement mysterious nightmare nightmares
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