Title - Shrek Author: Steig, William Publisher: Trumpet Club Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This is the story of an ogre out in the world on his own. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1129 3.8 770 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 56 Total # of Words 1157 # of Different Words 529 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 688 59.5% # of Hi freq words 177 33.5% % of Long Sentences 4.8 Low Freq occurs 139 12% # of Low freq words 120 22.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Some implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Topics Witches Monsters Magic Rhyme Castles Princes/Princesses Knights *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words afoul amused appalled babbling belched blithe brayed breastplate brew carmine churlish cockadoodle cockadoodoodle conquer convulsions copse countered cowed crowed departed drawbridge dwells enchant esteem fens fiercest flam fortold fortune frolicked fusty ghastly glare gobbled happier harken hatched hideous hone honor horribly horrid instantly irascible itchky jabbering jackass knave knight knob lashed laze livid madam magician's manage mercury mirrors mote nailed nipped noggin otchky pheasant pleasant plumber's potchky pouch putrid rabid raindrops repulsive rosy rover ruddy scabby scaring scythe scything season separate shreiked shrek shrek's shun sizzling slogging smite smote spat specialized splendid stagnant stalked stench sties stirred strode strudel stunningly swaggered swamp tarry thou thudded toddled turpentine uglier unconscious varlet wandered warbled warts wence wens whopper woozy yodeled yokel yonder