Title - Sahara Author: Cussler, Clive Publisher: Simon & Schuster Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre 1996, Egypt. Searching for a treasure on the Nile, Dirk Pitt thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans into madness, cannibalism, and death. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4281 7+ 1140 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 51 Total # of Words 4280 # of Different Words 1427 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2715 63.4% # of Hi freq words 451 31.6% % of Long Sentences 22.6 Low Freq occurs 636 14.9% # of Low freq words 463 32.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Difficult names Topics Water Challenges Environment *Human 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