Title - What Was I Scared of Author: Seuss, Dr. Publisher: Random House Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Would you be scared of pants with nobody inside them? Entertain Concept RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 354 2.3 580 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 27 Total # of Words 549 # of Different Words 220 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 337 61.4% # of Hi freq words 86 39.1% % of Long Sentences 9.8 Low Freq occurs 24 4.4% # of Low freq words 16 7.3% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Some support Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Simple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Features First Person Rhyming Topics Fears *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words britches calmed doubt dreadful errand fetched lied ride'em rowing snide spied spinach thumping towards trout whimpering