| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| To Make You Think, Laugh, And Learn: Outsmart Your Friends With Fascinating Facts About History, Science, Holidays, And ... (Fun Facts Book For Smart Kids Ages 8-12 3) |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 4340 |
7+ |
1150 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
47 |
Total # of Words |
3045 |
# of Different Words |
1190 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
14 |
Hi Freq occurs |
1661 |
54.5% |
# of Hi freq words |
309 |
26% |
| % of Long Sentences |
26 |
Low Freq occurs |
551 |
18.1% |
# of Low freq words |
417 |
35% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: No support |
| Vocabulary: Many difficult words |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Many Long Complex |
| Text structure: Formal |
| Complexity: Many different ideas |
| Headings |
| Prior Knowledge: Familiarity |
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| Features |
| Difficult names |
| Foreign words |
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| Topics |
| Questions |
| Learning |
| Choices |
| *Schools & Education |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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absorb |
absorbing |
abundant |
according |
adaptation |
addition |
adorning |
advancement |
advent |
aging |
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agonalia |
allergy |
analyzing |
ancestors |
angkor |
annual |
antibiotics |
appease |
approximately |
arashiyama |
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architect |
aristotle |
artistic |
atmosphere |
attributed |
authoring |
bacteria |
ballet |
banquets |
baum |
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belarus |
berliners |
bifocal |
biological |
buonaritti |
burrow |
byproduct |
calcium |
calendar |
camphor |
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cardinal |
castille |
catholic |
chalk |
chlorophyll |
church's |
circulation |
climate |
cognition |
commissioned |
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communication |
competitions |
component |
concentration |
conceptivae |
concert |
conducted |
congress |
conservation |
constructed |
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construction |
consualia |
continental |
contribution |
convert |
corpse |
corsica |
coup |
crucial |
culture |
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cure |
d'etat |
danish |
declaration |
departed |
deposits |
designed |
destination |
destruction |
developmental |
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dewan |
dioxide |
dreamlike |
easter |
eastern |
educators |
edvard |
efficient |
electrical |
electricity |
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element |
emancipation |
emerge |
emotions |
emperor |
enables |
encourages |
engaging |
enlightenment |
entomologist |
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envelopes |
environment |
environmental |
era |
erie |
eriksen |
essential |
estimate |
european |
evolving |
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exhibits |
factors |
feriae |
fiction |
fiesta |
figures |
fiji |
floralia |
foreign |
forensic |
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forgiveness |
freedom |
freestanding |
frequently |
fully |
functions |
gala |
galilei |
gases |
general |
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generates |
genetics |
germany |
gesture |
glaciers |
glands |
glucose |
goddess |
graham |
grimm |
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grove |
guarded |
guglielmo |
habitats |
hairstyles |
handsome |
harbor |
harsh |
harvest |
hawking |
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hibernate |
hibernation |
hindu |
honored |
honoring |
honors |
hoping |
hormones |
horror |
hydroxyapatite |
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iconic |
iliad |
imperitavae |
impressionism |
increased |
independence |
indie |
infinite |
influence |
initially |
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inspired |
instruments |
integration |
intellect |
interact |
interplay |
interpreted |
interval |
interview |
interviewer |
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interviewer's |
intricate |
inventing |
invention |
inventions |
inventor |
investigates |
investigating |
investigations |
involves |
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iraq |
issued |
jacobson |
japanese |
jarvis |
jorn |
julius |
kennedy |
kilometers |
knights |
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kyoto |
laba |
labor |
language |
languages |
lantern |
lanterns |
legacy |
legendary |
leonardo |
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level |
likeness |
limestone |
limits |
lingering |
links |
location |
lunar |
magistrates |
magnesium |
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maintain |
major |
marconi |
martyr |
massively |
matrix |
medications |
memorial |
mesopotamia |
meucci |
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michelangelo |
migrate |
military |
mineral |
mineralized |
minerva |
mitigate |
monument |
mopop |
morale |
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motifs |
mount |
movable |
movement |
movements |
musical |
napoleon |
national |
neptunalia |
niagara |
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ninth |
nobles |
nordic |
norms |
nymphs |
observed |
occupied |
official |
openness |
opera |
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opportunities |
organ |
organisms |
originated |
oxygen |
parilia |
participate |
participating |
particularly |
passionate |
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perceived |
perception |
performance |
performances |
permanent |
phases |
phenomena |
philadelphia |
philosopher |
photographed |
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photosynthesis |
physiological |
pisa |
poet |
poisonous |
poland |
politician |
pompeii |
population |
portugal |
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postmortem |
posture |
prayers |
presenting |
president |
pressure |
previous |
priests |
primarily |
primary |
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process |
proclamation |
prolific |
psychological |
psychology |
public |
qingming |
qixi |
quinquatria |
rd |
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receptiveness |
recognized |
reconciliation |
recording |
reduce |
referred |
regarding |
relevant |
religious |
remarkable |
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renaissance |
repelled |
reserved |
reservoirs |
responsible |
restaurants |
restored |
resulted |
revolution |
richelieu |
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roman |
romanticism |
roughly |
rustling |
sacrifices |
sandro |
sandstone |
saturnalia |
scarce |
science |
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scientist |
scorpions |
sculptor |
sculpture |
sear |
seattle |
sensory |
seriously |
service |
seventh |
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shanghai |
shared |
siege |
signaling |
silicates |
skyscraper |
slavery |
social |
society |
sodium |
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solstice |
soundscapes |
source |
specific |
specimens |
spleen |
spokane |
stativae |
statue |
steppe |
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strata |
strategist |
strategy |
structure |
studio |
suggests |
sumerian |
sumerians |
surfaces |
survival |
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symbol |
taipei |
tebas |
territory |
texting |
theater |
thrive |
throughout |
tissue |
titanium |
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tomb |
torpor |
tourist |
tournaments |
towering |
understanding |
unity |
universe |
utzon |
various |
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vary |
vesta |
victories |
vietnam |
viewed |
vinci |
virus |
viruses |
vulcanalia |
ward |
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watt |
wisdom |
witnesses |
xiao |
xrays |
yuan |
yuan's |
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