Title - The Little Prince Author: de Saint-Exupery, Antoine Publisher: Mariner Books Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre This enchanting fable tells the story of a pilot downed in the Sahara and a boy from outer space who teaches him the meaning of life, as the Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. Entertain Science Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2135 5.2 920 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 53 Total # of Words 3489 # of Different Words 840 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2656 76.1% # of Hi freq words 327 38.9% % of Long Sentences 24.8 Low Freq occurs 230 6.6% # of Low freq words 179 21.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Chapters Features Theme First Person Topics *Fictional Ideas/Charac Low Frequency Words abruptly absurd accepted account acquaintance addition adventures advise alas amazement apparition aroused assistance asteroid astonishment astounded astronomer astronomical awaken awakened baobab baobabs boa boas catastrophe chap complicated concentrated concerned confidence congress consequence considerable constrictor contemplation contrary convinced cumbersome curiosity demonstration departure digestion discipline discouraged disheartened disobey distinguish distinguished doubt doubts drawn earliest earnestly elegance encounters essential european evident exhausted extraordinary fashion fatigue fault fellow figures flown forbearance fortunately generally geography geraniums glance grammar greatly grief habitation height herd hunger impenetrable importance impressive improved indifference indulgently infested inoffensively instance instant international intimately invisible irritated isolated judge knowing knowledge laughter level magnificent masterpiece mechanic memories middling misfortunes model modestly moralist nature necessity neckties neglected object obliged opinion ought overpowering painter's passengers patience peace peal plainly politics pondered portrait portraits presence presented primeval profession purpose recognizes reflective region regularly rejected reputation resemblance resemble reserve response revealed reverie rosebushes rosy sahara sailor scarcely seized sensible seriously seriousness shipwrecked shrug sickly skirting sprig sprout straying studies suggestion surely swallow swallowing tedious thunderstruck timidly tiresome turkish uncertainly understanding upward urgent valuable venus wander worth youth