Title - The Rag and Bone Shop Author: Cormier, Robert Publisher: Delacorte Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted, innocent twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend. Persuade Mystery RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3188 7+ 1090 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 40 Total # of Words 2908 # of Different Words 1030 Ave Word/.Sent 15 Hi Freq occurs 2040 70.2% # of Hi freq words 384 37.3% % of Long Sentences 31.4 Low Freq occurs 255 8.8% # of Low freq words 217 21.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex Problem/Solution Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Twist ending Ambiguous ending Topics Challenges Cause/Effect Bullies Honesty Conflicts Crime *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words absentminded absolution accompany accomplishment accumulation ache acknowledged activities actual admission annoyance annoyed apparently appointments approximately attorney authorities bedclothes brainpower braxton's buoyant cafeteria carpeted cellar committees compassion concentrated confession confession's confessions consciousness contemplated contempt cordially cruel curled curved dangerously debris deliberate depth deserve detective digital disappearance disappointed dismally distraction disturbed dorrant drawer drowned edges eliminates elsewhere emerge encounter evasions eventual evidence examiner exposing facet fanatic feminine fencing forlorn fragile function funk further generous gibbons gunpowder halter harsh headache's headaches headline headquarters helpless honor horror household hovering ignored imagined inability increased induced insomniac instantaneous intelligent intended interrogating interrogation interview intrusion investigation invisible irregularly irritation kindness kneaded knocking knowing knowledge lieutenant lured luxuriously magazines maple marveled massachusetts meandered medical mercy midsummer miniature minimum miserable modest monument murder murdered muriel naked nebraska neighborhood ninth notch nowhere object occurred opinion oppressive outgoing overlapping overlooked particular patriots pause pavement penitent physical pleasure practical preliminary presence priest primly proclaimed public pun raped rationalizations reasoned reasons recitation refusing regarded regret relentless residence resisted result ridiculous riser rites rung sandal schedule schoolyard scrutiny season seaton seaton's section seldom senator seventh sexually shower simulated situations slat sleeveless soot sorrow soul spending spotlight stages stricken sunless surge sympathy tenderness terms timid tortured trauma unnecessary utterly venetian volunteer wander wandered watt whiteness whiz worthy writer wrongs yawning younger