Title - The Velveteen Rabbit Author: Williams, Margery Publisher: Running Press Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre The velveteen rabbit needs to be loved into being real. But he gets more tattered along the way. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1660 4.5 850 Amazon 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 55 Total # of Words 1997 # of Different Words 599 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 1460 73.1% # of Hi freq words 241 40.2% % of Long Sentences 38.7 Low Freq occurs 107 5.4% # of Low freq words 80 13.4% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concept: Fanciful Features Character traits Clear cause/effect Simple Plot Personification Topics Toys Love *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words almonds bedclothes brigands bunchy disabled dreadful earthy edges effect evidently fender furry generally government hearted hind hustled insignificant jointed joints knowing longed longing mainsprings mantelpiece mechanical mentioned model moonlight mustn't naturally necklaces nightlight nursery opportunity parcels patches pincushion playthings raspberry referring rigging rustling sateen sawdust scarcely seasons sensitive shabbier sideways snubbed splendid sprig stirred stocking succession superior swagger technical terms thread tickly tidy tidying tissue truthful twitched twitching uncomfortable unreal unsewn velvet velveteen views wandered wheelbarrow whirl whiskers whispers wisdom