Title - Robinson Crusoe Author: Defoe, Daniel Publisher: Aladdin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Son of a middle-class Englishman, Robinson Crusoe takes to the sea to find adventure. And find it he does when on one of his voyages he is shipwrecked on a deserted South American island for thirty-five years. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4659 7+ 1160 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 280 Total # of Words 3629 # of Different Words 914 Ave Word/.Sent 61 Hi Freq occurs 2726 75.1% # of Hi freq words 308 33.7% % of Long Sentences 135.6 Low Freq occurs 389 10.7% # of Low freq words 292 31.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Difficult Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Many different ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Mood/tone First Person Unconventional punctuation Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Challenges *Community Survival Risk Taking Ships Islands *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words abandoning abated abatement abroad according account acknowledged advantage adventurer's adventures advice affected affectionate agony agreeable alas allurement amazement ambition anchor anchorage anchors apparently application apprehensions apprehensive apprentice aspiring attorney befal bitterness boatswain breach calamities calculated calmer calmness capful casually circumstances colonel companion companions competent concern confined conscience consent consequences consideration consulted contempt contrary convictions corruption counsel current deliverance designed desirable destruction determined diligence discharged discourse dismal distemper distempers diversions dreadfully drowned earnest earnestly ease education elder elopement embarrassed encouragement endeavour enjoyments enraged enterprise entreaties envied estate excellent exposed expostulated expostulating expressions extravagances extremes fatal fault felicity fellow fewest flanders fore forecastle foreigner foresaw former formerly fortune fortunes founder foundered frequently frighted fury future generally gout handmaids happiness harassed harbour hardened hardships hastily hereafter hinder hollow horror hull humber hurries importunities inclination inclinations increased industry inexpressibly inquired insufficient intervals introduced inured judge judgment justly kreutznaer labour labouring labours lamented leisure lest lieutenant loaden lust luxury mankind mast mastered masts meantime measures mechanic merchandise merciful mercy mere mirth miserable miseries misery misfortunes moderation nature necessaries necessity neglected obliged observations observe observed obstinately ordinary otherwise ourselves overtaken passage passion peace penitence perplexed persuasions plainly pleasant pleasanter pleasure pleasures positively poverty precipitate preserving prevail prodigal prompted prompting propension prophetic proposals prospect protesting provided providence purpose quietness raising rambling reasons reassume reckoned recommending recover recovery reflect reflection reflections refused regiment relations repent repenting reproached resolution resolutions resolved respect robinson rough roused sailor sailors satisfied seafaring seamen sensibly seriously settling shared shewing sincerely slavery sliding smoothly smoothness sober society soul spaniards sprit squall steerage subjected sufferings suited superior swallowed tempests tenfold terrified terror testimony tided towards trampled trial trough truly unconcerned undertakings uneasinesses unwilling venture vicious vicissitudes vigilant violent virtues viz voyage wa'n't wallowed wandering warrant whence wickedly wickedness wretch