Title - Treasure Island Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis Publisher: Addison-Wesley Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre about a young boy named Jim Hawkins and his quest to find hidden treasure. Entertain Classics RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4310 7+ 1150 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 94 Total # of Words 3371 # of Different Words 936 Ave Word/.Sent 24 Hi Freq occurs 2604 77.2% # of Hi freq words 392 41.9% % of Long Sentences 61.5 Low Freq occurs 232 6.9% # of Low freq words 192 20.5% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support 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: Many different ideas Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Integral Setting Integral Setting - Historical Complex plot Difficult names Foreign words Dialect/Accents Unusual use of vocabulary Topics Treasures Pirates Ocean Ships Islands Sea Low Frequency Words abominable account accustomed admiral agreeable alongside angrily annoyance applied assizes awaited bade barrow bearings berth bleared capstan chorus coarsely coltish comer companion complaint connoisseur contrast cure curtained cutlass decline desirous diabolical discipline dreadful ease effect effectual eternal exhausted expressions fancies fawning fellow fellow's folk former fourpenny fronted fury gales gardener glared gradually greatly grey grumbling hamlet handspike hastened haunted hawker hedge hilt hoar honor immediately incivility indignation inquired instant january joining judged knuckled language lapping leer legged likely lingering livesey livid lodging loosened mast matey me'll meantime mentioned minding mingled mistaken monstrous motioned mought mutilated mysterious neighbors nightmares oath obey obeyed observe observed observing occurred overriding parlour particular particularly particulars passion patched patches patient paused peace peering personage plank pleasant plodding plucked presence produce pursue ragged reasons rebuff reeled regard replies residence resumed rheumatics roughly routed royal ruffian sabre sailorly scarcely scarecrow scarred scoundrel seafaring seaman seaward service sharer sheath shipmate sich signboard sittyated skipper sneering soiled sonny sprang squire stabling stockings strode stroll suffice supposing surely surf swallowing tallowy talons tarry taylor terrified terror threatened threshold tilted tonight's tortugas tottering towards trelawney trundled tuned tyrannized villainous wage whistling wickedest wringing younger