Title - The Grapes of Wrath Author: Steinbeck, John Publisher: Viking Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Persuade Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3632 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 54 Total # of Words 3584 # of Different Words 1023 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2595 72.4% # of Hi freq words 397 38.8% % of Long Sentences 28.1 Low Freq occurs 225 6.3% # of Low freq words 193 18.9% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Symbolism Mood/tone Dialect/Accents Idioms Unusual use of vocabulary Topics *History *Feelings, Behaviors *Global Issues Low Frequency Words acre acres approached avalanches awakened bastard bayonet bemused blanketed blurred broodingly bulged callus casualness cautiously chambray cigarette circular clashed clods colonies cowl cropper croppers crowed cunningly curve curves cylinders diesel dissipated dizzily drinkin drivin eased edged edges emphasis emulsion erect examination excitedly exhaust exploring fender fiercely figures figuring fingered flints forefinger frayed freed future gathering gettin gnawed goin gonna gophers grunted gullies guy'll handkerchief handkerchiefs hardcloth hasp haze hell hobnailed hooves horseshoes hovered impressions increased insinuation investigating invisible jackpot judiciously laced language listless lookin loosely loosened loudspeaker lovingly milled motor muffled muttered neatness neglected neutral nigger nosy nothin nothin' nuzzled operation oughtn outlet padlock paled passage perplexity pierce pigment plumes poetry pollen preceding preciate proboscis protruded prying raisin recrossed redly refused resistant restaurant restlessly rhythmically ridged rivulet roadside roadsides rootlets scarred screened screwin screwy scrunch secrecy settling shapeless shimmering shoelaces shone shove shoved shoves shovin sideways significantly skinner sledge slitted slitting sluggish smoothed somepin spat spattering spied squinted squirmed stalk stillness stirred studied subtle swabbed sweating thoughtfully threshed tilted tobacco tractored transport trigger troughs trousers tryin tulsa unbroken uneasily various vertical visor wearily whanger what'll whimpered whining whirling whisked widened win'shield windshield wrapper