Title - Owl and the Pussy-Cat, The Author: Lear, Edward Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 446 2.6 620 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 57 Total # of Words 226 # of Different Words 113 Ave Word/.Sent 20 Hi Freq occurs 126 55.8% # of Hi freq words 40 35.4% % of Long Sentences 45.5 Low Freq occurs 14 6.2% # of Low freq words 10 8.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Simple Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Features Figurative Language Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Boats Cats Weddings *Animals Sailing Birds Sea Low Frequency Words charmingly elegant fowl guitar mince pussy quince runcible shilling tarried