Title - Sir Small and the Dragonfly
Author: O'Connor, Jane
Publisher: Random House

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
When Lady Teena is abducted by a dragonfly, a tiny knight, riding his trusty ant, rescues the miniature maiden. Entertain Fantasy
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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190 1.9 370
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 16 Total # of Words 368 # of Different Words 154
Ave Word/.Sent 5 Hi Freq occurs 201 54.6% # of Hi freq words 72 46.8%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 6 1.6% # of Low freq words 4 2.6%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Few descriptive words
Sentences: Multiple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Concept: Fanciful
Sequence of Events: Chronological
Features
Character traits
Simple problem/solution
Simple Plot
Topics
Castles
Fantasy
Good/Evil
*Animals
Knights
Bugs
Kings/Queens
*Fictional Ideas/Charac
Low Frequency Words
butcher knight shield sword