Title - Whirligig Author: Fleischman, Paul Publisher: Henry Holt Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he causes, sixteen-year-old Brent finds forgiveness and atonement. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 2929 6.8 1060 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 40 Total # of Words 3533 # of Different Words 1261 Ave Word/.Sent 9 Hi Freq occurs 2469 69.9% # of Hi freq words 468 37.1% % of Long Sentences 8.6 Low Freq occurs 346 9.8% # of Low freq words 310 24.6% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: Many difficult words Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several unrelated ideas Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Mature Concepts: With some uncommon experiences Features Character traits Character development Complex Problem/Solution Clear cause/effect Flashback Topics Travel/Traveling Death Accidents Punishment *Citizenship & Laws *Feelings, Behaviors Responsibility Low Frequency Words abruptly accent accordion accordion's acne adept adherence advantage advertisement affected aftershave alcohol alternate annotated announced applied approached assembled assigned audience bankrolled bishop bmw borne breathless careened catsup caustic chalk charged chessboard comb combed commence commercial commercials compartment complaints complied compromise confronted consequences conspicuous continental conversation corporate crawling cue curls curse dashboard debated deodorant deprivations despair destination detergent detonated diagonally disappointments discreetly dismissed doubts drawn earring earrings echoed elite elsewhere emboldened emergency emptied experimentally explosions expressway eyed facto fashion ferocious figures finals fingered flatly former forsaken fury gargled gazebo gazebo's gesture glance glare glared glimpse goddamn gorgeous gq gradually greenery grunts guffawing guide handsome harassment headmaster's headphones helplessness highlights hopelessly host humiliation humor hurtled hypnotized idiotic ignored imagined imagining importance impress impression improve injustices inopportunely inquired inspected instant instantly insurance intercept ironed jaguar jawed jeans jointed judge judging junior khakis knocker knowledge labyrinth lanky latter laughter leech leper light's likewise liquor logic logos lounged luxury maple marveled mazda measured medical mention mission models morphine mousse mouthwash muscled mused mx nearing newcomer newscaster nostrils numbed observed occupy olympus onstage overcome overlapping panic paralyzed parted passages pasts pathetic paused peers penalty perennial pictured pleasantly porsche porsches precise private project promotion proven public publicly raking rattling reasonably recall recently reconnoitered reeled regretted rehearsing rental replaying rescued resisted respect response reunion risking rollerblading roused route rummaged rumor sacred salary schedule scotch scrambled season services sexual shaman showered shown shuffled sipping situation sketchy slugging smacked smirked snickers sounding spouses spree startled statement stations status sternly stirred stock strangely strode studebaker studied suburbs suicide sullen surveying sweat swirling tantrums teetered territory theme theorem thoroughness thrusting tilted tirade toddler tollway tonic tormentor torpedo tradition tragedy tri tuition turreted unaware unconcerned uncoordinated uneasiness unexpected veins viewed visual vital vodka volunteered wailing wallet waltzing wandered wavy wearily weaving weighing wheeled whipped whirled whiskers whites winced worth wreckage wrinkles y'all zigzagged