Title - The Diary of a Young Girl Author: Frank, Anne Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps. Entertain Diary/Journal/Letters RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3594 7+ 1110 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 55 Total # of Words 6405 # of Different Words 1490 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 4916 76.8% # of Hi freq words 585 39.3% % of Long Sentences 38.7 Low Freq occurs 439 6.9% # of Low freq words 346 23.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Dates Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Integral Setting Mood/tone First Person Topics *History War Hiding *Feelings, Behaviors Prejudice Relationships Low Frequency Words absolute absurd accepted accompany accord according accordingly actual agony alas albeit allotted amused amusing annexe announced annoyed annual anxiety anxious appointed appreciate approve ardent beau bedclothes beforehand biscuits blithely boardinghouse bookshop brooch capitulation characteristic chattels chatterbox cheeky chock cinder cinemas clearers codeine collected comb compartment complaints composition concentration concerned conditionally confidence conversation corridor cough craziest cuckoos cum cured curiosity curlers curtains daan daan's daans decent decrees delphi descriptions devour diary dignified doubt dutch easter elli elli's emerge emigrated enhance entitled escaped examination exhausted fanatic fashioned faucet fault feminine ferry fetched flickering florin foundation freakish freedom frock frosted fully further future gaudy general gentleman germans gigantic glimpse goldberg goosens goudsmit grasp hammered handkerchiefs headmaster helter hence henk henk's highly hitler's honestly hullo ideal immediately impact impression impressions improved incurable indefinitely innocent inquired insulted intend introduced invalide inventiveness israelskade january joodse keptor keyed kindergarten kindhearted knocking knowing koophuis kraler kraler's laboratory ladies laude laughingstock laughter lazily legends leurs lighthouse lightly likewise linoleum lively loathe luckily luxury luykenstraat manage managing margot's masses material melancholy memories miep's mind's mirrors miserable mistresses montessori moortje movement myths natterbeak necessities necessity neighbors nervously netherlands oasis obscura officially opposite oppressive organized original otherwise ourselves outsiders overawed partial particular partner passage patient patiently peaceful peculiar peonies persuasion placard pleads pleasant pockets poem poetry pogroms pondered pong positively pouring praise premises presence previous prinsengracht private prohibited prospect protectors prove public pupil qualities quarreled rations realize realizes reasons refuse refused regularly relations relationship relied restrictions results rin rubbish rude safekeeping sanne santen satchel satis satisfied scarf schoolbooks schoolgirl scrounging scullery secondary seized series seriously sevens seventh seventy sewed shan't shank's showroom similar situation sixes skelter sketching smartened sole somber somewhat soul speculation speeded spite stadstimmertuinen staircase staircases steadily stiffly stifled stimulant stockings storeroom stripped stubborn succession sufferings sufficiently superfluous surely swallow swan swerve sympathetic terms terribly terrific theater theaters theme thirties thoroughly tidied towards tram trams transformed tread typist unbosomings uncertain underclothes underwear unknown unprofessional untrue unwillingly utterly various veranda via vital vix vossen waal wardrobe warehouse washbasin wessel westertoren whisper winded woolly workshop yeti zionist zionists