| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| “Word-Nerd” Brian P. Cleary and highly-acclaimed illustrator Brian Gable collaborate to clarify the concept of synonyms for young readers with playful, lively, and whimsical rhymes and humorous, comical, and amusing illustrations. |
Entertain |
Concept |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 382 |
2.4 |
600 |
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 |
19 |
Total # of Words |
226 |
# of Different Words |
146 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
9 |
Hi Freq occurs |
110 |
48.7% |
# of Hi freq words |
43 |
29.5% |
| % of Long Sentences |
0 |
Low Freq occurs |
34 |
15% |
# of Low freq words |
30 |
20.5% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: No support |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Oral/Natural |
| Bold/Italicized Words |
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| Features |
| Unusual use of vocabulary |
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| Topics |
| Words |
| *Language Arts |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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appealing |
autos |
avenues |
beholden |
celestial |
comprehend |
depth |
exhausted |
feline |
frosted |
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grasp |
grateful |
holler |
incredibly |
language |
paragraph |
phrase |
pouring |
practically |
raided |
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repetitious |
richness |
showering |
soar |
subdued |
surely |
synonym |
synonyms |
there're |
whiz |
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