Title - The Red Badge of Courage Author: Crane, Stephen Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A young Civil War soldier's dreams of honor, patriotism and glory on the battlefield clash with the realities of war and are shattered when he flees the field during a battle. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4140 7+ 1200 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 49 Total # of Words 3736 # of Different Words 1233 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 2672 71.5% # of Hi freq words 431 35% % of Long Sentences 20.8 Low Freq occurs 465 12.4% # of Low freq words 386 31.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Challenges *History War Fighting Courage Behaviors *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words a'lastin ablaze account accounts accumulate adieu admiration advancing advocated affected affront agitate allus ambitions amongst apparent ardor aroused articles assailed assemblage assurance astonishment attentive audience avail awakened b'lieve bannerlike basked behint bewhiskered blotches boodle borne breathless brimstone brindle bustled bygone calmly campaign caressed cavalry cavalryman cept challenging clamored clangoring comf'able compelled complicated complimented comrade comrades concerned concerning concluding confidence conflicts confronted contemplated contempt continually conversed conviction convincing corporal crimson crisis curses defeating delicious demonstration demure denied departed departure dern derned despaired despondent dexterously diffidently disappointed discouraged discussions disdaining disgrace dismay disputed distinctly distrust division doggedly donned drawn eagerness ecstasy education effect elaborate emphasis encouragement enlist enlisted enthusiast environment equipments establishment eternal eternally ethical everlastingly excepting exhibit expectancy expenditure expressed expressively extensively extravagant eyed eyelike fastened feller fellows fetched figger finance flimsy flurry flushed foes forgit formidable frantically futile future garment gazed general generals ginst git glared glory goin gossip gradually granted grappling gratitude greatly greeklike grunted haired haste haversack headquarters herald hideous hilarious holt hordes horizon hostile hull illustrated imagination imagined immediately impatient impending importance impregnable impressed infantile informed instinct interrupted intricate introduced irritation jest johnnies journeyings judgment keer kilt kin knapsack kneeling knit labor landscape lavish lazily lest licker likely liquid ll longed lord's lucid lurid martial meanwhile measure meats menaces merely midst milking mingle monotonous moreover morrow motive mournfully movement movements multitude neglected nervously nevertheless oath obliged omen oncet opposed ordeal outlined overwhelmed pace panic paralleled parings passions patriotism pauses pausing perceived permission persisted persistently personal personally philosophical pickets pockets pompously pondering portals portion possessed possibilities powders previously primed private privileges produce profoundly projections prolonged prove province prowess quaint qualities quantity quivering ragged raising reasons reassured rebel rebellion recreation recruits reflectively regard regarded regiment regret rejoicing relentless reliable religious reluctantly remarked reproached resolutely resolved retiring retorted revealed reviewed richmond rifles rumor rumors s'pose savagely scarred schoolmates secure seldom seminary sentiment series seriously shamed shield shirking shucks skillfully soared soldier soldier's sorrow spat specially speculate speech spirited sprang squat statement statements steadfastly stock stomachs stoutly stow strutted stubbornly sufficient sulkily suspected swear swelled tattered temporarily thinkin thoroughfares threats thronged thrust timid tinted tobacco tolerant tremendous troughs trustworthy truthful tumult ultimate uniforms unknown unspeakable untried upraised vague valor various vastly veterans virtues visions vivacious watchin what'll whiter witnessing wrangling wreathed wrestle yank yer yerself youth youthful