Title - The Hobbit Author: Tolkien, J.R.R. Publisher: Ballantine Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3800 7+ 1120 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 79 Total # of Words 3453 # of Different Words 920 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 2599 75.3% # of Hi freq words 378 41.1% % of Long Sentences 31 Low Freq occurs 213 6.2% # of Low freq words 152 16.5% 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: Difficult Inferences: Required Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Chapters Headings Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Complex Problem/Solution Complex plot Difficult names Topics Travel/Traveling Dragons Wizard Gold Rescue *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words absurd adventures adventurous amusing ancestors apparently bargain bewuthered blundering bowing breast carpeted cellar cellars chiefly conversation curious depredations detachable diamond discreetly disturbing dwalin dwalin's dwarves engagement enormously escaped excellent extraordinary fabulous fashion fastened fellow fili flustered folk fruity further gandalf gathering gazing gloin goblins gracious grey grunted haughty hearth height hobbit hobbit's hobbits hooded host immense immensely immovably inclined inter introduce kili kindly knob laburnums larders lasses latecomers leathery lefthand likely lilies luxurious meadows meantime mention midsummer's mince morninged morsel natured naughty neighborhood neighbors nori nowadays numerous oakenshield oin oozy ordinary ori panelled pantries pantry pardon particular particularly passage pint plumped porter preferred probable profitable prosperous prosy provided raspberry remarkable respect respectable responsible rude sake saucer scarf scarlet scuttled scuttling service sloping snapdragons soles spike splendid sprouted staff strode studs stumped swept tablet tassel thorin throng tiled tobacco took's tooks tremendous twilight uncomfortable undoubtedly unexpected uninvited unsuspecting wandering wardrobes widows wizards woolly