Title - The Chocolate War Author: Cormier, Robert Publisher: Unknown Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Jerry Renault is a self-determined and solitary first-year student at a preparatory, all-boys, high school. Archie Costello, an intelligent, controlling, and amoral older student selects Jerry to be a new member of The Vigils. Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2953 6.8 1070 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 56 Total # of Words 3027 # of Different Words 1036 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2095 69.2% # of Hi freq words 403 38.9% % of Long Sentences 13 Low Freq occurs 320 10.6% # of Low freq words 264 25.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Simple Plot Topics Bullies Fighting Rebel/Rebellion *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Responsibility Low Frequency Words abandon abandoned absolutely absorb activities admiration advice alternately anguish anticipation appeal artistic assign assignment assignments astonished baffled bastard benevolently betray blustering boredom boss'll boxers brilliance broads brooded businesslike campus caressing chapel chided circumstances coach'll communion compassion concentrating concern confession constantly contemplate contempt conversation courses coward crap crowed crucifixes cruelties curious customers dangling decent degrees delicate delicious disinfectant disliked displace dread drugged echoed ecstasy's edges encountered encountering engulfed erect essential eugene eugene's exhilaration extracurricular favors feebly fellows flutteringly frantically freshman funeral furious gangster gauze goddam goober goober's goubert grammar grateful gravel grenade gripped groin grotesque guilt happiness hell helluva helmeted hersheys humiliatingly ignore imagination impatient innocent instance instant intact intricacies invaded involved isolating jacking jeez jerome jerry's knowing knowledge lassitude lavatory legend lens leprosy lightly liquid localized lousy lowering lungs major malice massacred meantime merciless movement murdered murmured mused mutinied naturally nature nausea network nostrils novelties obie obie's offbeat official officially oncoming onset oozy otherwise ought overdue panic particular particularly peace peaceful pervaded pharmacist phony physical physically poised pondering possibility practically president proceed prodded protection psychological public pusher quarterback radar realizing recognizing regions relations renault require resembled resist rhythm ridiculous roland sagged sake saliva sandpaper scrawling scuffled secretary seeding seized senior shelves shrugged sickening sidelines signaling simultaneously sinews situations skirmishing slivers sought sourly spat sprawled spurt staggering stalking stalling stanton stillness stitched stock stubble stubborn stunned subconscious subtle supermarket survived swear sweat syllables symbolism tenderness tentatively therapy trinity trinity's trudged turf uncanny uncomfortable unknown unwilling urged vaguely vain various vigil vigils violence vomited wafer warner wary weakly weariness wetness where'll whine whirled worcester yawned yawning