Title - The Cat in the Hat Author: Authors, Misc Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Based on the motion picture screenplay written by Alec Berg & David Mandel & Jeff Schaffer Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1825 4.7 870 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 33 Total # of Words 3021 # of Different Words 893 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 2255 74.6% # of Hi freq words 382 42.8% % of Long Sentences 3.3 Low Freq occurs 159 5.3% # of Low freq words 120 13.4% 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: Some implications Concept: Fanciful Chapters Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Complex character relationships Simple Plot First Person Topics Cats Fantasy Messiness *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words aboard absolutely academy agent allergic announced bonus brochure casually caterer chef client clients colonel compassionate concerns confront conked convinced dating decked desperation doubt dude ergo estate evilest fault feline flitted formulating frustrated frustrating fundiferous furry gimme glare gotta groceries gross grounded guy's hightailed hind hors humble humongous impervious incident injuries interrupted jewels kwan labor ladies language lashed lawrence loosened luge lunged manual meanwhile meeline mention military mode morgue neighbor oeuvres opposite parliament peering perched performed phony plastered pleasure pour purse quinn quinn's raindrop raising rescued respect responsible rhyming rustled saint scenario scheduled schweitzer senior sleaze sleaziest smacked sneered spectacular sprang staggered straighter stunt swept taiwanese tendency thoughtfully thrust thunderbird tolerate tornado tuned turpentine vermin walden weird wilhelm witness wrecked youth