Title - The Twelve Labors of Hercules Author: Riordan, James Publisher: Millbrook Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Hercules, son of the god Zeus and a mortal woman, renowned for his great strength, performs twelve dangerous tasks to atone for an attack on his wife and children. Entertain Fables RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2239 5.3 940 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 46 Total # of Words 1899 # of Different Words 703 Ave Word/.Sent 14 Hi Freq occurs 1228 64.7% # of Hi freq words 243 34.6% % of Long Sentences 23.4 Low Freq occurs 183 9.6% # of Low freq words 143 20.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Colorful, figurative Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Chapters Headings Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Symbolism Difficult names Foreign words Topics Challenges Danger *Fictional Ideas/Charac *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words alcmene altar amphitryon bloodshot bulrushes carcass castor charged chariot cleanse columns crawling curved decree delphi descended desperation determined dissolved dreadful ease ebb echoed enraged enveloped eurystheus eurytus eventually fitting flecked flicking forked furious glee glinting glory goddess gradually grateful grief grove gurgling happier happiness harmlessly healing heartily hefty hera hydra hydra's impassable iolaus jagged jealous jealousy judgment knowing labor labors lair limb lurks lyre madness manhood marshes massive mercy misery monster's mount mycenae nemean nephew nicippe olive olympus ordinary overcome passers peace perform perseus pierce pincer poisoned poisoning poisonous preyed priestess protection protector pursued razor reluctantly remorse revenge satisfied savage seized separated serpent servants severed shaggy shepherds shouldered sizzling skinned slicing slithering slunk smithereens smoldering snarling socket soul sthenelus strode stunned summoning swamps swear sword terror terrorizing threatened thundered tiring tongues torch unable vengeful warrior whirling whistled wrestle wrestled wrestling writhed writhing youth