Title - The Old Man and the Sea Author: Hemingway, Ernest Publisher: Scribner's Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre In this beautiful, symbolic story an old fisherman catches a giant marlin, only to have sharks strip it to the bone. Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2428 5.7 960 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 59 Total # of Words 2531 # of Different Words 679 Ave Word/.Sent 10 Hi Freq occurs 1996 78.9% # of Hi freq words 294 43.3% % of Long Sentences 11.5 Low Freq occurs 122 4.8% # of Low freq words 87 12.8% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex Problem/Solution Symbolism Flashback Foreign words Topics Challenges Fish Age/Aging Determination *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words alongside attained baits beers benevolent blotches bodega borrow budshields butchered charcoal clubbing confidence confident current decker depths detroit dimaggio disgraceful doubted erosions excellent fibered fiction fishless freshening furled gaff gamble gaunt guano handling harbour harpoon hatuey havana hoisted humility knives league livers lottery mast naturally needless obey odour overlapping patched patches perico permanent philadelphia photograph plank planks pleasant reflection relics rogelio royal sacred salao salting santiago sardines shaft sisler skiff skinned staggering stern sturdy subdue temptations terrace thoughtful thoughtless thwart tinted truly undefeated unlucky virgin wrinkles yankees