Title - To Kill A Mockingbird Author: Lee, Harper Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Two children witness the effects of racial prejudice, as their father courageously defends an innocent black man who has been accused of raping a white woman. Persuade Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 3711 7+ 1120 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 63 Total # of Words 3481 # of Different Words 1175 Ave Word/.Sent 17 Hi Freq occurs 2391 68.7% # of Hi freq words 426 36.3% % of Long Sentences 32.4 Low Freq occurs 421 12.1% # of Low freq words 340 28.9% 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 Character development Integral Setting - Cultural/Regional Complex plot Dialect/Accents Topics *Family & Friends *Feelings, Behaviors *Schools & Education Prejudice School Low Frequency Words absence abundance abusive acceptable according acquainted activities adjoined alien alleged alongside ambled ancestors angles apothecary apparel appleton arising articles assault assuaged assumed asylum atticus atticus's auburn azaleas beadle bitch borrowed boundaries bounty breathed brethren cannas chained charged chattels cheekbones clients collard collards comb committed comparison conceded consulted contentment corsets council countless county's courteous courthouse cowlick culprit curiosity curve cussed customary damon decent departure derived descendants detachment detention determined dictum discard disgrace disorderly dispatched distaste disturbance disturbing domiciled dracula dramas drowned drunkenly dubose dubose's earnings eaves eccentric economy eddy education employed engineering entity epic eventually ewells exceeded excessive explanations fancies fascinated finch finch's flivver formal formerly funnier'n further fury gambling general generosity glory goin graham groceries guarded guilty habitually hale hammock hanged hastings haverford's haverfords healed hell homestead household illness impotent impressive improving imprudent income industry initial injury intimidation invested irritated jackass jamaica jem jem's jeremy jerking judge junior jutted knowing ladies lafayette language leathery legend legislature lest liberal linen longer'n longings loo's maintain malevolent marriage maycomb maycomb's medicine mere methodist methodists mindful misery missionary mississippi misunderstanding mobile modest montgomery morbid murder mutilated nearsighted nebulous negroes neighborhood neighbors nevertheless nightfall nocturnal northern nowhere occasion occasionally opposite optimism originally outhouse paddled parallel peace pecan pecans persecution persisted phantom philadelphia photographer picket piety pleading pleasantly possession posture pour practiced practicing predilection presence prison probate product profane profound promptly publicly pulpits punt puny pursuit quaint radley radley's radleys ramrod readin reasonable recently recorded recreation reflect regarded related repertoire reproductions required residential resisted respect resumed revelation riverside rotted routine rover sagged saint sarum satisfactory schoolyard scissors scowled scrapbook season secondary seldom senior series sheriff shingles shuffled shutters sided sidewalks slat slate somewhat source southerners spending spite spittoon spurt squinted stealthy stinginess strictures stripped studied stumphole sufficient supplied suspicions sustain sweat sweltering swept synonymous taciturn talcum tarzan teacakes teemed tempted terrier terrorized thence thereafter thrust tobacco towered tradition transition tribune tuscaloosa twentieth tyrannical unbroken unforgivable unknown unsullied unwilling upright urged vague vapid veranda victor warned warnings wesley's where'd whiskey wilted witnesses worshiped worth wrongful yonder's younger