Title - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Author: Disney Artists Publisher: Disney Editions Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Entertain Fairy Tales RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 746 3.2 690 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 33 Total # of Words 1776 # of Different Words 594 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1210 68.1% # of Hi freq words 242 40.7% % of Long Sentences 7.7 Low Freq occurs 101 5.7% # of Low freq words 75 12.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Features Retelling of story/fable/legend Topics Princes/Princesses Good/Evil *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words admiring assortment awakened boulder carpeted casket cautiously chorused consulted curious depths diamond disguise dungeon dwells enchanted excitedly fairest fawn fondest forgiveness fragrant furious gazed glee goblin handsome hearted heartless hoping huntsman immediately instantly instruments introduced jagged jealous jewelled knocking lantern ledge lied liquids love's luscious maiden meanwhile merrily musical nature neared nestled obeyed outraged peaceful possession potion powders presented prized promptly recognized rejoiced remarked response seventh sneezy supper's surrounded terribly tidy triumphantly warned woodland yawned