Title - The Gift of the Magi Author: Henry, O Publisher: Candlewick Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In a shabby New York flat, Della sobs as she counts the few coins she has saved to buy a Christmas present for her husband, Jim. A gift worthy of her devotion will require a great sacrifice: selling her long, beautiful hair. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3197 7+ 1090 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 36 Total # of Words 2069 # of Different Words 756 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1424 68.8% # of Hi freq words 283 37.4% % of Long Sentences 19.5 Low Freq occurs 189 9.1% # of Low freq words 168 22.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Simple Plot Twist ending Sophisticated/Difficult use of words (Usually poetry) Topics Gifts Love *Family & Friends *Holidays, Events, Cele Christmas Low Frequency Words account accurate adorned adornments agile airshaft alas anxious appertaining applied ardent assertion beggar bosom bulldozing burdened butcher calculated cascade chaste chorus chronicle collected conception contracting coveted critically curiously curling curls dealing dell della depreciate dillingham disapproval discreet doubled doubt dully duplication ecstatic employment enfolded expenses faltered fellow feminine fixedly flung former furnished garment generosity gradually greatly grocer honor horror hysterical idiocy illuminated immediate implied imputation income inconsequential instigates intoxication introduced irons janitor jewelled jewels labor laboriously lamely longitudinal madame majesty's mammoth manger mastered mathematician mendicancy meretricious metaphor mistress mme modest moral mortal necessitating needn't nervously nimble numbered obeying object observing ornamentation overcoat parsimony patent peculiar pier pierglass platinum pluck possession possessions possessor precious predominating privilege proclaiming properly prosperity prudence pure quietness ransacking ravages reflection regard related result rippled rippling rosy scent schoolboy scrutiny sentiments sequence seriously setter sheba shrunk simplest singed slender sniffles sofronie solomon squad sterling subsiding substance surely sweetness terrified tortoise tremendous tresses truant unassuming uneventful unwisely valuable vestibule whirl whirled wonderfully worthy wriggled yearned yer