Title - Pride and Prejudice Author: Austen, Jane Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This classic story about eighteenth-century England features a glamorous, proud heroine and a dashing, prejudiced hero, whose worth is slowly discovered. Persuade Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4132 7+ 1140 Amazon 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 71 Total # of Words 3456 # of Different Words 865 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2481 71.8% # of Hi freq words 306 35.4% % of Long Sentences 22.7 Low Freq occurs 308 8.9% # of Low freq words 235 27.2% 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: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex character relationships Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Complex plot Foreign words Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Cultures England/English *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words abuse accomplished account acknowledged acquaintance acquaintances acquainted adjusting admiration advantage advice agreeable amends amiable amongst amusement ascertaining assemblies assembly assistance assure assuring astonishment barefaced behaviour beheld bitterness caprice cautious chaise circulation circumspection compassion compliment conceited conjecturing consent consequence consequently consideration contrast conversation cordial cough coughing coughs countenance courses curiosity decline declined deigned determined determining disagreeable disappointed disclosed disconcerted discontented discretion dislike dispatched disposition distinguished earliest ease eldest elegant eluded emphatic employed enduring engage establishment estate exaggeration excellent exclamation expectations expressed extracts extraordinary extremely fancied fancying fashion fastidious fatigued favourable features finery flattered forbidding former fortnight fortnight's fortunate fortune fretfully gallantry general gentleman gentlemanlike gratified grieved handsome handsomer hearty hertfordshire highly honour horrid housekeeping humour humoured hurst hypocritical ignorant immediately impatiently ingenious inhabitants inquired insufficient insupportable intelligence intended interrupted introduce introduced introduction invitation kindness kingdom knowledge ladies learnt likely likewise lively mamma marrying mention mentioned merely michaelmas mien morrow neglect neighbour neighbourhood newcomers nieces noble objection obliged observing occasion occasionally opinion ought particular particularly partner partners persuade pleasant pleasantly pleasing pleasure popularity possession praise preference property qualities quickness quieted raptures recommend reflection related resentfully resentment reserve respect ridiculous rightful rudeness sake sakes sarcastic satisfactory scarcity scrupulous sensible servants settling slighted solace somewhat splendid sprained stoutly sufficient suiting suppositions surely surmises surpassing surrounding tiresome tolerable towards tumult unable unaffected uncertain uncommonly understanding universally unlucky unreserved unworthy various venture vexed vexing views violent whichever withdrew wonderfully worth youngest