Title - The Big Brag Author: Seuss, Dr. Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre It starts out harmlessly enough, with a rabbit feeling rather pleased with himself and his talent for hearing. A neighboring bear overhears the rabbit's boasting and takes offense. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 512 2.7 640 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 40 Total # of Words 1090 # of Different Words 339 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 774 71% # of Hi freq words 149 44% % of Long Sentences 12.2 Low Freq occurs 33 3% # of Low freq words 25 7.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Concept: Fanciful Features Rhyming Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Challenges Comparisons Low Frequency Words cough crawling eyesight's fellow further glance grunted humpf keen prove ridiculous smeller's smellers sneer snuff snuffed stiffened stirred sulked sweat terribly waggled whiffed whuffed wonderfully