Title - The Great Gatsby Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott Publisher: Scribner's Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Includes adultery and murder. This is the tragic love story of Jay Gatsby, a dashing, enigmatic millionaire, obsessed with an elusive, spoiled young woman, Daisy Buchanan. Set in the lavish parties of Long Island, it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s. Persuade Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4874 7+ 1170 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 69 Total # of Words 3128 # of Different Words 1113 Ave Word/.Sent 21 Hi Freq occurs 2276 72.8% # of Hi freq words 412 37% % of Long Sentences 57.3 Low Freq occurs 363 11.6% # of Low freq words 319 28.7% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Difficult Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex character relationships Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Targets adult reader First Person Topics Death Cause/Effect Accidents Wealth Love Romance *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words abnormal abortive abruptly absolutely absurd accentuated accomplishments acre acres actual acute admission advantages advice aggressively ajar anchored annoyed anticlimax approved arose arresting arrogant ballooned breasted buccleuch buchanans bungalow buoyed bursts cadet carriage carries casually cocktails college colonial colossal comer communicative commuting compulsion conferred confidences confusion conscientious consequence consoling contempt contour contrast conveyed conviction courtesy criticism criticizing cruel curiosities curiosity curious curtains damned decencies decisively defiant deft delays demaine descended desolate dignified discontented disturbed divan domesticated dominance dramatic dukes ecstatically editorials effeminate elaborate elations enormously epigram erect evidently excellence excursions exempt exhibition extraordinary eyesore factual familiar fashion fashionable feigned finance finnish formations foul founder fractiousness fragilely freedom frequently frosted fundamental gatsby gatsby's generation generations gentleman georgian gestures glancing glimpses glistening gorgeous graduated griefs guide gulls haired happiness hardware harsh haven heightened helplessly hemisphere horizon host hostile hovering husky imitation imperceptibly impression impressionability inclined incredulously infinite instance intention intimate intricate investment irrecoverable irrelevant irrelevantly ivy judgments jut lacing lawns leverage levity likely literary maecenas mansion marred marshes migration moments momentum moral morrow motionless motor mourning movements murmur murmuring muscle muttered national natures neighbor's neighborhood normandy nosed object obvious occurred opinion original ought ovals overlooked palaces pantry paralyzed parcelled partial participated particular passionate paternal permanent permanently perpetual persistent personality phenomenon physical plagiaristic politician polo practical preoccupation prep preyed privileged privy prominent proximity pungent quivering ragged readiness realize recently reciprocal reflected register related remarked represented reproach resemblance reserve reserved reserving responsiveness restless restlessly retorted revelation revelations riotous rippled rippling romantic rosy rounded savors scarcely season securities senior sensitivity separated series settler shortly sinister slender snobbishly society solemn source spanking specialists speech stationary stunned sturdy substitute suddenness sufficiency sunken supercilious superficial suppressions surname swank temperament temporarily tenor terms teutonic thoroughly tolerance tottered tradition tribute turbulence unaffected unbroken unequally universe unjustly unknown unmistakable unrestfully unsought various veteran ville vista volumes vulnerable wail wan wealthy weatherbeaten wholesale winded wingless wisdom wistfully wistfulness witty wreath yawned younger