Title - The Sword in the Stone
Author: Maccarone, Grace
Publisher: Scholastic

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Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre
Despite the boasting of grown men, only young Arthur is able to draw a sword from a stone, thereby becoming king. Entertain Concept
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient)
Accelerated Reader Lexile
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180 1.8 300
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 18 Total # of Words 367 # of Different Words 105
Ave Word/.Sent 6 Hi Freq occurs 188 51.2% # of Hi freq words 50 47.6%
% of Long Sentences 0 Low Freq occurs 5 1.4% # of Low freq words 1 1%
Subjective Criteria
Illustrations: Little support
Dialog: Multiple speakers
Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues
Language: Many descriptive words
Sentences: Simple phrases
Text structure: Blend of written/oral
Concept: Fanciful
Features
Topics
Magic
Knights
Low Frequency Words
sword