Title - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea Author: Verne, Julio Publisher: Puffin Unicorn Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A French professor and his companions, trapped aboard the fantastic submarine NAUTILUS with the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above. Entertain Historical Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 4972 7+ 1180 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 68 Total # of Words 3950 # of Different Words 1213 Ave Word/.Sent 16 Hi Freq occurs 2666 67.5% # of Hi freq words 357 29.4% % of Long Sentences 43.6 Low Freq occurs 600 15.2% # of Low freq words 435 35.9% 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: Difficult Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Difficult Table of Contents Chapters Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding. Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Integral Setting Complex plot Topics *Science Adventures Ocean Machines Underground Sea Low Frequency Words abandoned ability abreast accompanied accompany account accounted accounts acquainted actively admissible aft amongst amusing annually anxiety apparatus apt aronnax arose arsenals article ascertain ascertained assembled astonishment audacity awakened believers blanc blunderbuss botanical breechloader burden cachalot cachalots cafés calculate calculating calmly campaign capricious capricorn catastrophe categorically centres cetaceans circumstance circumstances classification classifying colossal commission communication communications comparison compartment compartments concerned conclusion conducted confidence confined conical conjecture construction consulting continents contrary controversy convenient conversation conviction convinced counsel crosstrees cursed declaration defences defined defy deny departure depths des destruction destructive diameter dimensions dint disbelievers discussion disposed disposition disputed disputing distinguished divisions doubt dutchman ease effect eighths embark embedded emotion employment endowed engaging engineers engines enigma enterprise estimate european excessive existence expedition extent extract extreme extremely fabulous faculty familiar farragut fashion fatigue fault favourable fellow feverish forecastle formal formidable forwarded frigate froid fuller furnished generally gesture gigantic gimlet glance glorious government governments granted habitual halberd harpoon harpooned harpooner harpooners haste hastened hazardous hemispheres herald hesitated hesitatingly hitherto hoaxes hobson hobson's honour honourable hull hurl hurled hypotheses hypothesis imaginary imagination immediately immensely imminent impassive impatience impatient impunity inaccessible incalculable incident incision incompetent increased increasing incredulous individual inexplicable inflamed inhabits inordinate inquiries intensely interminable intervals irritating isosceles ivory jardin journalists journals journeys knots knowing knowledge kraken leagues leeward liverpool lloyd's logic luggage magellan magnificent maintain mammal mammalia marine maritime marvellous medicine memorable menagerie merchants mineralogical mission moby mollusc monsieur monsieur's montreal moravian moreover motive movement multiplied mysteries mysterious narwhal nationality naturalists naturally nature naval nebraska necessarily negative nevertheless northern nuisance numerous object obliged obscure obstinacy obstinate occupying offensive opinion opportunity ordinary organization organized otherwise ought pacific paris particular partisans passage passengers passionate patagonian peculiar penetrating penetration perforating perilous phenomenon phosphorescent pier pierced piercing placid plantes pleasant pleasure ploughing polemics population positive possess possessed possesses possessor powerfully precious preparations presence presently pressure principle private probable proceeded prodigious produce professed profession projectile proportion proved provided provoked public published purely purge pursue pursued pursuing pursuit rallied rapidity reality reasonable reasons reassure recorded reef reflection regions rejected reliable remarkable repeatedly replying represented reputation required requires resist resistance responsibility reward ridding sailor sailors saloon satisfactorily savants scarcely science scientific scoffed scotia scotia's seaman secretary secretary's sensation servant service shanghai shared shippers shoal singular singularly skilful societies solutions soul soundings specialist spindle spite sprung starboard stern stocked straits strata strife structure subjoin submarine submerged subtleness suitable suppositions surpassed suspected sword sworn taciturn tenfold tentacles theatres transmarine tremendous triangle uncommon unicorn unicorns universal unknown utensils varieties various veritable vertebrata vessel victualled violent vocation volumes voyage voyages weapons weighing whaler whilst wily withdrawn withstand witty worth worthy zealous zoological