| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Elizabeth, a princess, outwits a dragon to rescue Ronald, the prince she intends to marry. But when she discovers that Ronald, who looks like a prince and acts like a bum, she decides not to marry him after all. |
Entertain |
Fairy Tales |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 364 |
2.4 |
590 |
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
24 |
Total # of Words |
552 |
# of Different Words |
192 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
12 |
Hi Freq occurs |
317 |
57.4% |
# of Hi freq words |
75 |
39.1% |
| % of Long Sentences |
6.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
15 |
2.7% |
# of Low freq words |
8 |
4.2% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Some support |
| Dialog: Two speakers |
| Dialog: Broken dialogue |
| Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Multiple phrases |
| Text structure: Story/Poem |
| Inferences: Several Implications |
| Complexity: Several ideas - closely related |
| Concept: Fanciful |
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| Features |
| Integral Setting - Historical |
| Simple Plot |
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| Topics |
| Values |
| Tricking |
| Dragons |
| Castles |
| Princes/Princesses |
| Self Esteem |
| *Fictional Ideas/Charac |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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breathed |
burnt |
fiercest |
fiery |
knocker |
magnificent |
tangled |
unfortunately |
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