Title - The Hunger Games Author: Collins, Suzanne Publisher: Reading A-Z Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In the ruins of North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Persuade Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3099 7+ 1080 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 3862 # of Different Words 1171 Ave Word/.Sent 11 Hi Freq occurs 2890 74.8% # of Hi freq words 478 40.8% % of Long Sentences 17.1 Low Freq occurs 268 6.9% # of Low freq words 223 19% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex character relationships Integral Setting Complex plot Mood/tone First Person Difficult names Topics Competition Challenges War Fighting Conflicts *Life Styles Patriotism *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Citizenship & Laws *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words abandoned abounds accent activities adorns advantage affected alternative anguish apothecaries apothecary arises assemblies blurt brewed bury capitol's carries caters choosier cinder circular citizen cocooned compliment concealed concerns consistently conversation coolly cougars crafted crawling cumulative curled customers decent delicate deterrent distrusts drawn efficient electricity electrified eligibility eligible elsewhere enclosing ensure entrails entries eventually executed fault features flatly fondness forage forgiving fragrance gale generally glance glorious gradually guarding haggling handedly handouts harvest hatred healers herbs hob hollow honest hunched hunger ignore illegal inciting indifferent insisting invisible iridescent ironic irritated jealous knowing knuckles ledge loaves lynx maniacally mattress meadow meager medicinal mesh mimics misdirected misery molded mouser mutter nickname nicknamed nook nowhere occasional occasions official officials olive operates opt ordinarily ourselves overhear pace paraffin particular partnering partners peacekeepers pelt penalties pleasant poaching pointless powerless precious predators preposterous prim's primrose public publicly puncture purpose quart quickening rabid rages raindrop rant rarity rations reaping rebellion recognize register regretted rejecting related remedies resemble resent respond retrieve roaming romantic rotting rough ruffled sae sake saliva scrawny scruffy sentimental separating severest sheath shoelaces shortages shutters smoldering smoothing souls spared squash squat stomachs stony suits sunken supple survive swapped sweat swollen tartness tastier teeming terms tesserae theory thicket threaten threatens tonight's topics trades transported trespassing trinket trousers ugliest unreachable unthinkable upbeat venomous venture vermin verve warehouse warmth waterproof weapons wears whisper worth younger