Title - The Truth About Forever Author: Dessen, Sarah Publisher: Penguin Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The summer following her father's death, Macy plans to work at the library and wait for her brainy boyfriend to return from camp, but instead she goes to work at a catering business where she makes new friends and finally faces her grief. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3020 7+ 1080 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 62 Total # of Words 3668 # of Different Words 1147 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 2796 76.2% # of Hi freq words 464 40.5% % of Long Sentences 29.5 Low Freq occurs 292 8% # of Low freq words 255 22.2% 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: Chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Complex character relationships Clear cause/effect Complex plot Topics Feelings/Emotions Death Love Romance Friendship *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Trust Parents Relationships Low Frequency Words academics accompanied account acne aisle announced antiquated ap aspects assignment associated assured banter beatific blessed bmw bonking bonus botanist brewing busied cabinets calculator cemetery charged chemist circling cleanser clumped coasters cocktail coffeemaker coherent college combination commemorating complicated console construction consuming contagious contents contracts contraption contribute controlled convenient convinced cordially corresponding council crap cul cumulative customers cynicism dealing dealt deborah demonstration deodorant designer dialed dialogue discreetly dislodged dissuaded division drawer drawers elections email emails enclosed endearing enthusiasm enthusiastic eons farewells featuring fliers fluent foil freebie fretted frustrated functions funeral gadget glance government gpa grieve guaranteed habitat handwriting headings headphones honest hopeful horizon host hosting humanity hurling identifying immediately implemented infomercial innovation innovative installed instant intensity intentioned interference invasion jazzed jumbo kleenex kwanzaa label landscape language laptop latter lethal limo linen loathsome luxury macy madonnas mantel marriage medication memo mention miscellaneous mode monitor mortality mouthwash murder murmuring mystified necessity neighborhood nigeria nubby oncoming organized overkill paired palpable passage patience patronage perched perfected perusal pews phase piling politics possibility potential practiced president previous previously productive products professors promptly prophecy protector purchase purchased queries react reacted reception recognizing recorder recycling refusing relationship responsible revenge richmond rifled rinsed runway sacs satisfied schmooze scholarly scissors scuffs sections seeming service seventh shakespeare shriveling sideways simpler situated situation slogan softening solstice sonnenberg sophomore soured splayed splitting sponges spontaneously sporting staff styrofoam surge swallowed sweat sweatshirt sympathy talbots tempest tendency tendons tenths themes tightening tinfoil tissue toiletries tolerated townhouses unable uncapped understanding unkindly valued vegan visor waccamaw waking waterville wedging weird whisper who'd woken yoga