Title - The Three Musketeers Author: Dumas, Alexandre Publisher: Unknown Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre During the reign of France's King Louis XIII, D'Artagnan and three musketeers unite to defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal Richelieu. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4797 7+ 1170 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 106 Total # of Words 3598 # of Different Words 1098 Ave Word/.Sent 22 Hi Freq occurs 2444 67.9% # of Hi freq words 345 31.4% % of Long Sentences 67.5 Low Freq occurs 522 14.5% # of Low freq words 386 35.2% Subjective Criteria Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Archaic, Poetic,... Sentences: Difficult Text structure: Difficult 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 Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Difficult names Foreign words Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Self Control Fighting Dare/Daring Kings/Queens *Feelings, Behaviors Relationships Low Frequency Words abundantly accent accepting accompanied according acquitted addition additionally adieux advantage adventures adversary aforesaid aiguillettes alighting ancestors ancients announced annoyed apparent approach archives ascertain assailants astonishment attentions attentive auditors awaken azure baldric balsam bargain bearn bearnese beaugency begone benediction bestowed borne botany calves campaign cardinal carriage cavalier challenge challenging chiseled citizens clamor collected complexion conceal concealed connoisseur conscience consequences consequently constantly contempt contrary contrive contrived conversation conviction coolly corselet counsels countenance countenances courage cuirass cuisses curing curiosity customary d'artagnan d'artagnan's dangling decidedly decrees deference defy degenerated departure descend desirous destined disguise displeases disquieted disturbance diversion doubled doublet doubt doubtless dreads duels edicts effect elder employment emulator endeavored endeavoring endowed enormously enumerating esteem evidently exasperation excellency fancied fellow fellows ferocious flocking formerly fortune frantic frequent furious furnished further future gait gasconade gascons gascony gateway gentleman gesture girded glance godsend greatly gross hastened haughty headstrong hesitates hilarity hilt historian honor honorably horseflesh horseman host hostel hostelry hostler hubbub huguenots ignorant imagined impassiveness impatience imperious impertinent incorrigible increased increasing infallible influence inquire insensible insolence instinctive insult insulted intact intelligent irascibility ironical irony issue jested knitted knowing latter laughter leagues lees legion lest livery livres lofty lunge madman majestic majesty martingale maxillary mecum menacing mendicants meung miraculous mirth mistaken mme model monsieur morally murmured musket musketeer musketeers mustache muttering nag nameless naturally nature necessitate necessity neighbor nevertheless nimbly nobility noble nobles notify notwithstanding nowadays numerous obeyed object observe observed observers obstacle occasions offspring ordinances ornaments ought overthrow paces painfully panics paris partisan passers passion paternal patois perceive perceived perceiving perform personage personality perspicacity physically physiognomy piercing plague politeness poltroon portmanteau portrait praise precision prelude preserve prevailed privilege probable profound prolonged pronouncing propose protege provided provocation prudence public pure qualities quarrels quixote raillery rapidity readily reasons recipe reckoning recruit registering relatives religious rendering repent repressed reproaches required respect respectable respecting resulted resumed retain retiring retreating reverie revolution richelieu ridicule ridiculed ridiculous rochelle romance rosinante rough rummaged sagacity sake saluted scabbard scarcely scoundrels seeming seriously servant servants sheathed shovels shower shutter sieges sketch sketching slashes somewhat spectator speech spied spite sprung steed stern stirrup sufficient surveyed surveying susceptibility suspected sustain sword tarbes tenderly thews thieves thrust tongs tranquilly treville trifling uncertain undispersed unfavorable unfortunately unhurt unlucky unnecessary unworthy vade valise virtue vociferous volunteer whence whereas windgalls windmills worth worthily wretched wrist younger youth