Title - The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth Publisher: Misc Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre "Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere." So begins the immortal poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of America's most famous poets. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1919 4.8 890 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 84 Total # of Words 995 # of Different Words 418 Ave Word/.Sent 36 Hi Freq occurs 611 61.4% # of Hi freq words 123 29.4% % of Long Sentences 122.2 Low Freq occurs 103 10.4% # of Low freq words 85 20.3% Subjective Criteria Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Archaic, Poetic,... Sentences: Difficult Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social Prior Knowledge: Familiarity Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Figurative Language Rhyming Unusual use of vocabulary Topics *History American History Low Frequency Words aghast aloft barrack belfry belfry's booted borne chasing concord crowing defiance dread echo emerge encampment evermore fleet folk gazed gilded girth glare glimmer grenadiers height hulk impatient impetuous kindled landscape lantern ledge lexington lingers magnified masses mast meadow meanwhile measured moonlight moorings mount mounted muffled musket muster mystic nation opposite paused pausing perch peril phantom pierced pigeons prison rafters redcoats reflection regulars revere rowed seeming sentinel's seventy sombre spar spectral spurred startled stealthy steed stride tightened tranquil tread twitter waken wanders watchful weathercock whisper widens