Title - Of Mice And Men Author: Steinbeck, John Publisher: Penguin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size. They are laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3089 7+ 1080 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 63 Total # of Words 3324 # of Different Words 857 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2364 71.1% # of Hi freq words 346 40.4% % of Long Sentences 7.1 Low Freq occurs 206 6.2% # of Low freq words 148 17.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex implications Complex character relationships Integral Setting Complex plot Foreshadowing Mood/tone Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Dreams Attitudes Challenges Death Behaviors *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words a'mighty angrily anguished anyways apologetically approached arose ashamedly awready awright bastard bindle bitch blubberin brusquely cautiously companion contemplated coons current curve curving dabbled debris defined dejectedly despair disgustedly doin dove's drawn elaborate embarrassment embraced emerged features flung follower foolin foothill forefinger freedom furiously gabilan glare goin gonna gotta gulped gulps heavily hell heron hesitated honest hopelessly horizontal imitated immediately imperiously innocence irrigation junctures jus kinda knelt labored lennie lennie's limb lookin loosely lumbered meanness mimicking moisture morosely mottled mountaintops murray musta mysteriously nervously noiselessly nothin nothin' obeyed on'y opposite oughta outta pantomime patiently peace periscope pettin pockets puttin raising recumbent reeds reluctantly restless rustled sakes scoffed scowled sculptured settin shapeless shovin skittering slender sloping slung spen splashings startled stilted strokin sweatband sycamore sycamores takin terrier terror tha's thrashin timidly triumphantly trousers unaware understanding unslung wanta watchin wearily wedge what'd whatta wheeled whimpering whisked whisky whistled whistling widened wish't