Title - The Language of Goldfish Author: Oneal, Zibby Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Content includes insanity. Thirteen-year-old Carrie Stokes is intelligent and talented, but the pressure to grow up drives her towards an emotional breakdown. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2395 5.6 960 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 37 Total # of Words 3953 # of Different Words 1130 Ave Word/.Sent 8 Hi Freq occurs 2873 72.7% # of Hi freq words 463 41% % of Long Sentences 7.2 Low Freq occurs 252 6.4% # of Low freq words 199 17.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Mature concepts: With common experiences or clear fantasy Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Mood/tone Unconventional punctuation Topics Challenges Self Control Behaviors Conflicts Brains *Human Body & Health *Feelings, Behaviors Suicide Low Frequency Words absentmindedly abstracted ache ached acne adderley's adorings aisle algae amusing angle announcement appointment appointments appraising assemble assignments balla borrow bouquets bureau bustle cabdriver cant certainty chalk clinic comb commercial concentrated concentrating concern conductor consequently conversation craning cured curiously curling dangling decorator divert doorframe doubt drawer drawn dreaded drowned duffel duncan eaves echoed elbowing elementary elevator emergency familiar figures flatly flushed fowles further geometric gliding gordon grant gripping gross grossly grove hoping hopscotch hyde hypotenuse ignored illness imagined impatience impatient impression incredulously institute irritably jerome junior junipers kaleidoscope katherine katherine's keats kilt knowing language laser leafed leisurely literally littered loathing loathsome lobby lowered maple marshall meanings memorizing michigan momentary mott mouthed movements murky neighborhood particular paused permanent pictured poem poet poetry prettied private raisins ramsay ramsay's reeled reflected reflection resident response ridiculous riffled rippled riveting rummaging saccharine sake scarf scuffed secretary section sensitive separate shaft shaping shared shetland shoving shower shown shriveling shrugged sidewalks sideways sliding slitted smoothly soul spooned stereo stirring stomachs stowed straightened strand strangeness surprisingly surrounded surveyed sweater sylvester symptoms tablet tanya taylor terms terribly theorem theory threatening thumbelina triangle troughs turbaned understanding underwear union unmade unreal unwell uptight vacuum varicose veins virgin visions wandered whistled withered