Title - The Ask and the Answer Author: Ness, Patrick Publisher: Candlewick Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The plot contains profanity and violence. Reaching the end of their flight in "The Knife of Never Letting Go", Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy. Persuade Science Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2599 5.9 990 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 139 Total # of Words 3891 # of Different Words 864 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2977 76.5% # of Hi freq words 332 38.4% % of Long Sentences 16.7 Low Freq occurs 164 4.2% # of Low freq words 122 14.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting - Futuristic Complex plot Mood/tone Ambiguous ending Alternating voice Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Bullies War Fighting *Community Courage *Citizenship & Laws *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words ache aching amused aping approach bellering bindings bleary blur careening cathedral circling clatters cleanliness clenches cloudier concern conquer cough cure curious davy disappearing eyed farbranch flinch flopping formerly fortress furious further gasping general genuinely glinting gonna gotta grief groaning grunts hardens haven head's heavier hell hewitt holster hurricane impayshunce injured instantly interrupts knocking liar lightly mistaken murdered murderer murk mysterious nowhere otherwise overbalances panic personally pistol pleading possession practically prentiss prentiss's prentisstown president presidential presume prison process proven raising realize reckernize redder regrettable reveals ruddy senseless sideways slung society soldier sounding steadily stirrup surely surges swallow sweat swelling swollen tenderly tho tightness topple transaction trickling truly truthful twining twixt unexpected unmovable unseen waking wanna wartime whatever's whereabouts willingly wincing woody wrists yer