Title - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Author: Twain, Mark Publisher: Sundance Publishing Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The classic Mark Twain story of a boyhood summer on the Mississippi River in 1830's Missouri, with haunted houses, bandits, hidden treasure and schoolyard crushes. Entertain Adventure RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2720 6.2 1010 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 61 Total # of Words 3441 # of Different Words 1071 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 2538 73.8% # of Hi freq words 424 39.6% % of Long Sentences 20.5 Low Freq occurs 307 8.9% # of Low freq words 261 24.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem 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 Character development Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Dialect/Accents Topics Death Tricking Adventures *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words absorbing acquired adamantine advantage adventures adventurous ambuscade angle antelope anticipations anyways astounding astride astronomer better'n bight brimming burden burnt calculated captivity caution cautiously circumstance circumstantial citified comer concerned confound confusion conscience constituted contemplate coppers coward curiosity dainty dander dasn't dat's declined delectable delicious derision diligence diplomacy dis discouraged disturbed doubt dreading endowed engines enterprises evidence executing existence expeditions eying fiercely finery firmness flattered flushed foolin forestalled fourths fragrance fraid freedom gait geeminy generally gimme git gladness glory glowering gratitude gripped guile gwine handled harmony hateful headway hearted holler hollow hookey hove hovered hurricane i's imaginary impressive insignificant inspiration instant intervals issued jeers jimpson jingo kindlings knowing labboard labor laborious lam lapels lash liar liquid lively loathed locust lord's lowed magnificent marvel marvels melancholy melodious middling midst miscarried misfortunes missis missouri model mulatto multiplied mysterious natty necktie no'm novelty obedient obleeged occasionally off'n ole operation opportunity overlooked pantaloons pause peculiar peril perplexed personating plank playthings pleasure pomp ponderously practise presently promptly punctuate pure quarrelling reckon reflect reposeful representing resolution responded resurrected retiring revealments ridicule roun roundabout rounded ruination sagacity scrambled scripture season securely seize seldom service sewed shabbier shoving siddy sidewise sidling singed skylarking slack slackened smothered snatched snuffling soul souls southwestern spec spectacles spile spite splendid stabboard starboard stately steamboat stiffened straightened strode surveyed suspicion t'other taw that'll thrash thread threatening thrust tisn't tole toned topmost torment traitor tranquilly transparent unalloyed unbutton uncomfortable uncovered unwhitewashed unwound valued vanity vegetation vexed vicious vigor vitals vulgar warble warn't watchful waver wealth what're whirled whistling whit whitewash whitewashed whitewashin' whitewashing wid worldly yes'm younger