| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Ricky, the court dwarf, suffers silently when people laugh at him until his music shows them that he isn't a toy.
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Entertain |
Narrative |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 404 |
2.5 |
610 |
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 |
23 |
Total # of Words |
435 |
# of Different Words |
211 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
206 |
47.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
48 |
22.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
35 |
8% |
# of Low freq words |
24 |
11.4% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Dialog: Simple |
| Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Few descriptive words |
| Sentences: Simple phrases |
| Text structure: Blend of written/oral |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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babushka |
blacker |
caribou |
congas |
cousins |
eases |
elder |
guangzhou |
guitar |
kookaburra |
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ladle |
lanterns |
mamma |
nome |
pantry |
pm |
puerto |
samoa |
samovar |
switzerland |
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tio |
tulip |
vroom |
zaire |
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