Title - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Author: Twain, Mark Publisher: Saddleback Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The classic adventure of Huckleberry Finn, the 13-year-old son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, who make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft in 1830's Missouri. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2848 6.6 1040 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 70 Total # of Words 3049 # of Different Words 751 Ave Word/.Sent 20 Hi Freq occurs 2381 78.1% # of Hi freq words 323 43% % of Long Sentences 49.3 Low Freq occurs 153 5% # of Low freq words 108 14.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex plot First Person Dialect/Accents Topics Boats Tricks Freedom African Americans Slavery *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words account advantage adventures amongst anywheres apiece betwixt blotted breast breasts bulrushers burnt carcass commenced confidence considerable corked crawling cure curse dasn't decent dismal disturbance douglas ease fault fetched fidgety funeral gang's grieving hacked hain't harper hogshead i's itched judge kin lied likely limb lonesome massages mentioned middling miserableness monstrous more'n mournful mustn't nailing nigger niggers oath particular prayers reckoned resk respectable rough rung rustled satisfied sawyer sawyer's scrambled scrouched scrunch servant shriveled sivilize skiff snuff sparkling stiller stirred stirring stock stooping stretchers stumped sued sumf'n swear sweat talc tanyard thatcher thread tiptoeing tiresome tolerable toned unhitched upward victuals warn't watson watson's whar whichever whippowill whisper whooing widow widow's