Title - The Bad Day Book Author: Goode, Ben Publisher: Apricot Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A humorous guide teaching readers how to effectively irritate annoying people, claiming it helps build character through trials and challenges. Entertain Narrative RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3677 7+ 1110 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 2620 # of Different Words 963 Ave Word/.Sent 19 Hi Freq occurs 1835 70% # of Hi freq words 356 37% % of Long Sentences 43.7 Low Freq occurs 233 8.9% # of Low freq words 200 20.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Table of Contents Headings Mature concepts: Mature thinking required with many distinctly unusual experiences Features Targets adult reader Second Person Difficult names Topics *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absolutely account alongside altering analyze announced annoy appointment assigned associate assume assumed atm bacteria balm baloney basis bavarian blight boatloads bona buries cheesy cherished college colonies comrades conceivably conclude concrete construction continental curious decisions deserve determine dimwit disguised dorks drunken effect enlarged eventually fide flush fodder follicle frau frequently galleon garlic gerbil german gestures glance glean government gurus hessian hessians hoeing hunkered hustling idiot idiots illiterate immediately implications indication indicators infantry injury instant instantly insult interview invaded jennifermeister jersey language lawyers laxative legitimately lever lighter likely loch longingly lottery malfunctioning masterful materials mathematically meathead meatheads meatloaf mechanic memorial memories meteor microwave military milking miracle misery moderately monopoly mortgaging multiple mysteriously negative nonetheless obnoxiously obvious occasionally opportunity ornery packaging panic particular pasture patient patients permanent persist philandering plague plato pleasant plumber's plummeting politician porcelain precise preoccupied president prostate proven psych pure purpose quadruple realizing rebellion recognize reincarntations require responsible results reveling rolf rolf's roundup rubicon rude rutabaga rutabagas rutherofrdstein sauce schedule schnitzel sculptured seagulls sensation shelves shoves shower silage skiing sliding snatched soaring soldier somersault source spate spectacular sprung squeezebox stout stupidity suction suggesting surround surrounded sweetie tabloid thaw transferred trigger udders ultimately unable untarnished vegemite wad walrus whoever's wiener yankees