Title - The Cat in the Hat
Author: Seuss, Dr.
Publisher: Beginner Books

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Poor Dick and Sally. It's cold and wet and they're stuck in the house with nothing to do... until a giant cat in a hat shows up, transforming the dull day into a madcap adventure and almost wrecking the place in the process! Entertain Fantasy
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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 39 Total # of Words 1622 # of Different Words 235
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 1259 77.6% # of Hi freq words 116 49.4%
% of Long Sentences 2.1 Low Freq occurs 1 0.1% # of Low freq words 1 0.4%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Some support
Dialog: Two speakers
Dialog: Broken dialogue
Vocabulary: Easy
Language: Simple language
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Story/Poem
Concept: Fanciful
Sequence of Events: Chronological
Narration
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Features
Rhyming
Topics
*Weather
Actions
Fish
Messiness
Games
*Fictional Ideas/Charac
Low Frequency Words
playthings