Title - Whimsical Wildlife Wonders Author: Unknown Publisher: Unknown Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre none Inform Informational RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2851 6.6 1040 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 29 Total # of Words 2915 # of Different Words 1162 Ave Word/.Sent 12 Hi Freq occurs 1865 64% # of Hi freq words 359 30.9% % of Long Sentences 11.3 Low Freq occurs 380 13% # of Low freq words 315 27.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Some Long/Complex Text structure: Formal Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Features Difficult names Topics Nature *Animals *Animal Life Low Frequency Words abdomen abilities ability accents according accurately achieved acre adventures aerospace akita algae amplifies anaconda antarctic appreciate approximately aquarium arteries astonishing average axolotl basilisk basking beagle binturong bison blobfish’s blowgun bombardier booby’s borne bowerbird burp capability capsule captivated carries cassowary centimeters chameleon chameleons chemical chemicals chevrotain collarbone colony communicate communicates copious crawling current dalmatians dc deadliest densest depths despite detach dialects differ digest diseases distances dna downright dragonflies drastically elaborate elongated embark embedded emperor emu emus environment epic escaped extraordinary farthest fascinating fasten features feline’s ferret ferrets fifa flamboyance flamingos flexible flightless footed forages fortunately fragile fully galapagos gentoo geoduck glaciers grasp greenish greyhounds grizzly grooming gunshot habitat hachiko handstands happiest headless heaviest heroes highly hilarious hind holloman hoofed hover hyenas hypnotize imagination immune impending impersonate incredible incubate independently indigenous infestation informed injured intricate invisible invitation involves jaguars january japanese jungles keratin kilometers kingdom kiwis koalas language larval lemur lengths leopard's lifespan lifespans location lonesome loris lyrebird lys madagascar mammal mantis manure marine marriage marsupial mating mayfly measured mechanism medical meerkat meerkats mercury mimic mission mistaken monogamous mosquitoes mph murder mysterious naked narwhal’s national necked nectar newborn nosed nostrils nursing objects occurred octopuses okapi organ ostrich ostrich's otters outcomes oxygen pangolin parliament participating passport patients penguin penguins percent permanent pigeon pigeons pistol plankton plated platypus potential predators pressure primate probiscus process produce producing proposed protective pupils quadruplets quokka recent recognize rectangular referred regenerate regulate reindeer related retains review safari salamanders savannah scarier scenes schultz seagulls seahorse seahorses seamew secretary secretions selflessly sensitive separated sergeant shutters sideways similar slaughterhouse sloths snoopy source specific speech spurs starfish status stomachs stressed structures subspecies sumatran sunfish surinam sustained sustaining sweat symbol synchronize taipan termites thaw thorny threatened threats throughout tongues tortoise toxic toxin transparent turkeys unaware uncover underwater unfortunately unique uniquely untreated urine venom venomous vertebrae vision vocal volts vultures waggle waking walruses weighed whimsical whiskers wildest wildlife wonders yodel