Title - The End of the Beginning Author: Avi Publisher: Harcourt Brace Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Avon the snail has never had an adventure. And adventure, he has heard, is the key to a happy life. So with his new friend Edward the ant, Avon sets out on a journey to an undetermined destination in search of unspecified adventures to find the excitement his life has been missing. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1103 3.8 760 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 27 Total # of Words 2333 # of Different Words 601 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 1693 72.6% # of Hi freq words 278 46.3% % of Long Sentences 7.3 Low Freq occurs 66 2.8% # of Low freq words 49 8.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Some difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Blend of written/oral Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concept: Fanciful Chapters Headings Sequence of Events: Chronological Features Character traits Simple Plot Metaphors Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Time Words Adventures *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words absolutely adventurers adventures advice announced anxious assure astonished cautiously concerned curled deny difficulties disguise embarrassed exhausted guilty hospitality inquired introduce introduced introductions madam mention mentioned moments needn't nevertheless newt nowadays nudged overheard pardon particular pleasant readily realizing revealed scampered sirs skitted suggest suggestions sympathetically triumphantly unheard urging warn warned