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Rank ID Text Length Races Difficulty Rating Top Score Top 100 Average Active Since
1. #1970676 I was just sitting in the kitchen doing my homework and she just walked in and just started making this thing. 110 1 1.464 46.28 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 46.28 46.28 December 7, 2012
2. #1971209 She ran as if it was her nature. 32 1 1.431 31.28 — Serena (smyleslevin5y) 31.28 31.28 December 6, 2012
3. #1971413 Little by little life returned to normal. 41 1 1.417 25.25 — danny (bob5y) 25.25 25.25 December 6, 2012
4. #1970072 A myth is a traditional story that attempts to explain such things as the origin of the world, mysteries of nature, or social customs. 134 1 1.410 19.03 — cyrus (6zcyruzpuffin) 19.03 19.03 November 19, 2012
5. #1970421 I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them sam I am. 61 1 1.330 21.75 — charlie (6zchar3) 21.75 21.75 November 19, 2012
6. #1970065 A dialect is the form of language that is spoken in a certain place or by a certain class of people. 100 2 1.303 48.59 — Anya (6zanya) 48.23 48.23 December 7, 2012
7. #1971232 There was no mistaking the delight in Leslie's eyes. 52 1 1.286 28.40 — Anjali (bingley5) 28.40 28.40 November 16, 2012
8. #1970418 I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny. 90 4 1.271 49.74 — kyle (kyleshin) 42.12 42.12 December 6, 2012
9. #1970428 I meant what I said and I said what I meant. 44 1 1.256 20.18 — alex (clarkiicool) 20.18 20.18 December 6, 2012
10. #1970344 Miyax becomes lost in the vast Alaskan tundra, with no food, no shelter, and no idea which is the way to safety. 112 2 1.255 65.44 — casey (5yepicness) 62.19 62.19 December 6, 2012
11. #1971228 Leslie's favorite place besides the castle stronghold was the pine forest. There the trees grew so thick at the top that the sunshine was veiled. 145 2 1.242 52.63 — bruno (bruno6z) 39.17 39.17 December 6, 2012
12. #1971402 He explained to me with great insistence that every question possessed a power that did not lie in the answer. 110 2 1.238 57.55 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 50.61 50.61 December 6, 2012
13. #1970059 A stanza is a group of lines in poetry set apart from another group of lines. 77 1 1.232 38.94 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 38.94 38.94 December 7, 2012
14. #1971144 Stanley had never been one to leave food on his plate, matter how it tasted. 76 2 1.227 50.60 — Sara (6zsarathesnugglepus) 43.89 43.89 December 7, 2012
15. #1970004 He liked the feeling of safety here in this warm and quiet room; he liked the expression of trust on the woman's face as she lay in the water unprotected, exposed, and free. 173 1 1.208 62.98 — casey (5yepicness) 62.98 62.98 December 6, 2012
16. #1970098 To scapegoat is to place blame on others for problems that arise. 65 1 1.204 32.08 — Penn (pennator5y) 32.08 32.08 December 6, 2012
17. #1970069 A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as. 69 1 1.200 17.84 — Kayla (6z_sunbunny13) 17.84 17.84 November 19, 2012
18. #1971173 When we neared the house, the dull glow of a kerosene lamp was shining faintly from the boys' room. 99 1 1.192 16.09 — cyrus (6zcyruzpuffin) 16.09 16.09 December 7, 2012
19. #1970502 The words racecar and kayak are palindromes; they are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. 116 1 1.189 41.91 — Clara (6zclarali) 41.91 41.91 December 7, 2012
20. #1970708 You think a pair of pants that fits all three of you is going to fit...all of this?! 84 1 1.186 20.40 — ciara (cc1833) 20.40 20.40 December 6, 2012
21. #1971175 She grew quiet and rubbed the wrinkles down one hand as if to smooth them away. 79 1 1.185 33.01 — Mikayla (showjumper293) 33.01 33.01 November 16, 2012
22. #1971113 The campers are forbidden to lie in the hammock. It belongs to the Warden. The Warden owns the shade. 101 2 1.182 33.74 — abby (6zabbym) 30.59 30.59 November 19, 2012
23. #1970336 He worked in a toothpaste factory, where he sat all day long at a bench and screwed the little caps onto the tops of the tubes of toothpaste after the tubes had been filled. 173 3 1.177 61.27 — Damon (6z_damon) 58.06 58.06 November 19, 2012
24. #1970687 Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things like wearing these pants or getting to a new level of Dragon's Lair - making those count for more than the bad stuff. 175 4 1.174 67.17 — casey (5yepicness) 50.73 50.73 December 6, 2012
25. #1971048 When the sack was full of grapes, the field workers took it away. 65 3 1.174 41.31 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 33.76 33.76 December 6, 2012
26. #1970014 If he had stayed in the community, he would not be. It was as simple as that. Once he had yearned for choice. Then, when he has had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. And now he was starving. 214 1 1.172 49.60 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 49.60 49.60 December 6, 2012
27. #1971143 Because of the scarcity of water, each camper was only allowed a four-minute shower. 84 3 1.163 51.19 — Anya (6zanya) 43.23 43.23 December 7, 2012
28. #1970579 Although they did not grow in clusters, there were many of them and they were easy to pick and Brian smiled and started eating. 127 3 1.158 52.15 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 50.66 50.66 December 6, 2012
29. #1970703 We have gathered here today to celebrate a magical gift that has been given to us. 82 6 1.157 49.93 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 39.34 39.34 December 6, 2012
30. #1971197 Of course he had gotten up early to run. He had gotten up early everyday all summer to run. 91 1 1.152 25.13 — Richard (6z_richard_rico) 25.13 25.13 November 19, 2012
31. #1970424 Not here not there not anywhere! 32 2 1.137 27.18 — blake (patriotsabc) 26.08 26.08 December 6, 2012
32. #1971444 Everyone would laugh and ask him what sort of flying saucer he was looking for. 79 1 1.135 33.45 — nicola (6znikki) 33.45 33.45 December 7, 2012
33. #1970060 A suffix is an added ending to a word that changes its meaning. For example, thank becomes thankful. 100 3 1.133 58.15 — casey (5yepicness) 50.40 50.40 December 6, 2012
34. #1970745 She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? 65 3 1.133 27.40 — blake (patriotsabc) 24.86 24.86 November 16, 2012
35. #1971445 Ford Prefect was desperate for any flying saucer at all to arrive because fifteen years was a long time to get stranded anywhere. 129 1 1.132 26.28 — Maddie (maddiem438) 26.28 26.28 December 7, 2012
36. #1970590 She would have the small television on the kitchen counter on and be watching the news and talking about how awful it was in South Africa or how cute the baby in the commercial looked. 184 1 1.127 39.73 — Clara (6zclarali) 39.73 39.73 December 7, 2012
37. #1970578 The berries were full and ripe, and he tasted one to find it sweet, and with none of the problems of the gut cherries. 118 3 1.123 68.00 — bruno (bruno6z) 49.78 49.78 November 19, 2012
38. #1970037 This was the kid who had spent an entire days at a time begging me to play Chutes and Ladders with him. And now he was feeling too sick to play with me. 152 1 1.121 43.65 — Anya (6zanya) 43.65 43.65 November 19, 2012
39. #1970691 The Pants have already worked their magic on me. They brought me to you. 72 2 1.116 25.90 — Maddie (maddiem438) 25.13 25.13 November 19, 2012
40. #1970359 All I need is for some jerk to catch me carrying this book around and get the wrong idea. 89 4 1.115 51.04 — Clara (6zclarali) 29.57 29.57 November 16, 2012
41. #1971147 He had just walked out from under a freeway overpass when the shoe hit him on the head. 87 2 1.100 49.68 — casey (5yepicness) 41.17 41.17 November 16, 2012
42. #1971406 Before three days had passed, German army cars had appeared in our streets. 75 1 1.099 16.33 — Kayla (6z_sunbunny13) 16.33 16.33 November 19, 2012
43. #1970573 His voice was starting to rattle and he felt as if he might start screaming at any second. 90 5 1.098 39.52 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 29.59 29.59 December 6, 2012
44. #1971126 If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. 105 3 1.097 32.33 — Penn (pennator5y) 30.84 30.84 December 6, 2012
45. #1971125 If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy. That was what some people thought. 140 2 1.091 59.12 — Damon (6z_damon) 46.89 46.89 November 19, 2012
46. #1971194 I cried for those things which had happened that night which meant things would never be the same. 98 1 1.090 27.70 — Grace (6zgrace210) 27.70 27.70 November 19, 2012
47. #1970354 Her hands trembled and her heart quickened, for she was frightened, not so much of the wolves, who were shy and many harpoon shots away, but because of her desperate predicament. Miyax was lost. 194 1 1.089 42.40 — Anya (6zanya) 42.40 42.40 December 7, 2012
48. #1971227 For the first time in his life he got up every morning with something to look forward to. 89 2 1.087 45.92 — Anya (6zanya) 38.69 38.69 November 19, 2012
49. #1970700 There's a part of me that wants to let him in but then I feel myself put this wall up and I don't understand why. Maybe that's what strikes me most about Kostas: that despite everything he's suffered he can still look at life in the most uncomplicated way. 256 1 1.087 56.65 — casey (5yepicness) 56.65 56.65 December 6, 2012
50. #1970604 The only thing that was out of place was the troll's leg umbrella stand, which was lying on its side as if Tonks had just knocked it over again. 144 2 1.086 45.60 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 44.19 44.19 December 6, 2012
51. #1971212 Why did two grown people want to leave a comfortable life in the suburbs for a place like this? 95 2 1.085 34.74 — Jake (brunswicktheboss) 28.92 28.92 December 6, 2012
52. #1971011 For the first time, he heard something that he knew to be music. He heard people singing. 89 2 1.083 41.90 — Clara (6zclarali) 35.85 35.85 November 19, 2012
53. #1971439 The word bulldozer wandered through his mind for a moment in search of something to connect with. 97 2 1.077 30.28 — Alex (crispin) 26.16 26.16 December 6, 2012
54. #1970587 He thought if he worked at it and practiced he might hit one of the larger rabbits with an arrow or a spear - never the small ones or the squirrels. They were too small and fast. 178 4 1.072 55.68 — bruno (bruno6z) 45.68 45.68 December 6, 2012
55. #1971039 Esperanza, on the other hand, wore a light silk dress that stopped above her summer boots, and wore no hat. 107 2 1.072 45.23 — Clara (6zclarali) 32.02 32.02 November 16, 2012
56. #1970819 I usually practice at least an hour a day on my practice pad and another half hour on my drum set. 98 2 1.072 38.22 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 33.09 33.09 November 16, 2012
57. #1971423 Night. No one prayed, so that the night would pass quickly. 59 1 1.071 19.08 — danny (bob5y) 19.08 19.08 December 6, 2012
58. #1971433 And as the train stopped, we saw this time that flames were gushing out of a tall chimney into the black sky. 109 1 1.070 33.83 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 33.83 33.83 December 7, 2012
59. #1971222 He was drifting, drifting like a fat white lazy cloud back and forth across the blue. 85 1 1.066 27.89 — Alex (crispin) 27.89 27.89 November 30, 2012
60. #1970581 The nick wasn't large, but the hatchet was important to him, was his only tool, and he should not have thrown it. 113 2 1.065 62.47 — casey (5yepicness) 50.96 50.96 November 16, 2012
61. #1970710 It's the fact that you've found yourself this new family and I feel like some outsider that doesn't even belong to you anymore. 127 1 1.064 53.75 — bruno (bruno6z) 53.75 53.75 December 7, 2012
62. #1970613 Then Hermione walked forward and took her place between the other two. Harry pulled the Cloak down as far as it would go, and together they turned on the spot into the crushing darkness. 186 6 1.064 46.93 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 29.84 29.84 December 6, 2012
63. #1971033 Esperanza was six years old and loved to walk with her papa through the winding rows of their vineyard. 103 4 1.063 31.03 — nicola (6znikki) 25.23 25.23 December 7, 2012
64. #1970600 I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter, and he looked pleasantly back at me. 119 2 1.062 29.15 — Adin (5joecoolyo) 26.13 26.13 November 16, 2012
65. #1970711 They had just witnessed one of those regular but painful life transitions. That, it turns out, is The Way of the Pants. 119 3 1.060 30.03 — Penn (pennator5y) 28.23 28.23 December 6, 2012
66. #1971398 They called him Moshe the Beadle, as though he had never had a surname in his life. 83 6 1.058 48.86 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 36.38 36.38 November 16, 2012
67. #1971044 Esperanza stood between Mama and Papa, with her arms linked to theirs, and admired the activity of the workers. 111 2 1.058 41.99 — Clara (6zclarali) 39.00 39.00 December 7, 2012
68. #1970701 There's a part of me that wants to let him in but then I feel myself put this wall up and I don't understand why. 113 1 1.056 55.05 — casey (5yepicness) 55.05 55.05 December 6, 2012
69. #1970588 When the light comes I'll start to rebuild. I still have the hatchet and that's all I had in the first place. 109 4 1.055 42.31 — Anya (6zanya) 28.85 28.85 November 16, 2012
70. #1971006 The feeling that it was good. That it was welcoming. That it was significant. But he did not know how to get there. 115 2 1.054 34.27 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 30.87 30.87 December 6, 2012
71. #1970440 And Sally and I did not know what to say. 41 2 1.053 22.44 — ciara (cc1833) 21.91 21.91 December 6, 2012
72. #1971411 We gave up some of our rooms to relatives who had been driven out of their flats. 81 2 1.052 49.49 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 43.01 43.01 December 6, 2012
73. #1970092 Irony is the opposite of an intended outcome. 45 2 1.051 32.77 — Penn (pennator5y) 25.91 25.91 December 6, 2012
74. #1970006 For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure. 143 1 1.049 54.71 — casey (5yepicness) 54.71 54.71 December 6, 2012
75. #1971047 When the women put the hot bricks between their feet to keep them warm, so did she. 83 2 1.049 38.51 — Anya (6zanya) 36.78 36.78 December 7, 2012
76. #1970049 Imagery is the use of words or phrases that appeal to the five senses. 70 1 1.048 15.58 — Kayla (6z_sunbunny13) 15.58 15.58 November 19, 2012
77. #1970319 A million colored dust-motes danced and swirled as the two mice trod the ancient stone floor. 93 2 1.046 31.46 — nicola (6znikki) 28.75 28.75 December 7, 2012
78. #1971031 And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor 255 1 1.045 56.89 — Damon (6z_damon) 56.89 56.89 November 19, 2012
79. #1970351 Her heart beat furiously as she grunt-whined the sound of the puppy begging adoringly for attention. 100 2 1.045 37.88 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 34.76 34.76 December 6, 2012
80. #1971139 The apartment smelled the way it did because Stanley's father was trying to invent a way to recycle old sneakers. 113 3 1.037 42.23 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 35.67 35.67 November 16, 2012
81. #1970395 A person's a person, no matter how small. 41 2 1.037 30.50 — Serena (smyleslevin5y) 21.30 21.30 December 6, 2012
82. #240 There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. 207 1 1.037 30.55 — nicola (6znikki) 30.55 30.55 December 7, 2012
83. #1970611 The flapping of enormous wings echoed across the black water: The dragon had drunk its fill and risen into the air. 115 4 1.036 37.56 — Clara (6zclarali) 35.75 35.75 December 7, 2012
84. #1971032 And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted - nevermore! 162 2 1.036 55.79 — casey (5yepicness) 47.51 47.51 December 6, 2012
85. #1970029 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. 146 5 1.035 53.68 — bruno (bruno6z) 38.86 38.86 November 19, 2012
86. #1970038 Why does everybody in my family talk in these dramatic CAPITAL LETTERS all the time? Why am I the only calm one? 112 1 1.034 53.92 — casey (5yepicness) 53.92 53.92 December 6, 2012
87. #1970356 Not a tree grew anywhere to break the monotony of the gold-green plain, for the soils of the tundra are permanently frozen. 123 1 1.033 22.53 — Richard (6z_richard_rico) 22.53 22.53 November 19, 2012
88. #1971454 One of the side effects of work on the Heart of Gold was a whole string of pretty meaningless coincidences. 107 3 1.026 42.62 — Anya (6zanya) 34.36 34.36 December 7, 2012
89. #1970397 If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good. 66 4 1.025 54.30 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 33.61 33.61 November 16, 2012
90. #1970696 Some people show off their beauty because they want the world to see it. Others try to hide their beauty because they want the world to see something else. 155 3 1.020 34.73 — Jake (brunswicktheboss) 28.14 28.14 November 16, 2012
91. #1970067 A folk tale is a story that has been passed from generation to generation by word of mouth. 91 4 1.020 33.80 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 28.45 28.45 December 6, 2012
92. #1971148 Stanley's blisters had ripped open, and new blisters formed. He kept changing his grip on the shovel to try to avoid the pain. 126 3 1.019 21.35 — Anjali (bingley5) 20.79 20.79 December 6, 2012
93. #1970312 As the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey bask in the glorious Summer of the Late Rose, all is quiet and peaceful. But things are not as they seem. 141 2 1.018 62.21 — Damon (6z_damon) 53.66 53.66 December 7, 2012
94. #1970713 We had all the way until next summer, when we would take out the Traveling Pants and, together or apart; begin again. 117 2 1.016 32.72 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 31.05 31.05 December 7, 2012
95. #1971037 ...since Esperanza was an only child and Papa's pride and glory, she was always given the honor. 96 3 1.016 29.09 — Jake (brunswicktheboss) 27.35 27.35 December 6, 2012
96. #1970576 His eyes fell upon the stone ridge to his left and he thought at first he should build his shelter against the stone. 117 1 1.015 22.19 — Serena (smyleslevin5y) 22.19 22.19 December 6, 2012
97. #1971460 The pink cublicle had winked out of existence, the monkeys had sunk away to a better dimension. 95 1 1.013 13.67 — cyrus (6zcyruzpuffin) 13.67 13.67 December 7, 2012
98. #1970077 To revise is to make changes in writing after proofreading and editing. 71 5 1.010 39.52 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 28.75 28.75 December 6, 2012
99. #1970526 A group of crows is called a murder. 36 2 1.009 29.22 — Penn (pennator5y) 22.54 22.54 December 6, 2012
100. #1971418 The bundle on her back was too heavy for her. She gritted her teeth. She knew by now that it would be useless to complain. 122 2 1.007 39.14 — Anya (6zanya) 37.36 37.36 November 19, 2012
101. #1970063 Context clues are information from the text combined with the knowledge of the reader. They allow the reader to figure out the meaning of the text or determine the meaning of an unknown word. 191 4 1.007 41.04 — Sara (6zsarathesnugglepus) 36.12 36.12 November 16, 2012
102. #1971015 Things could change, Gabe. Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. 126 2 1.006 40.09 — Sara (6zsarathesnugglepus) 31.17 31.17 December 7, 2012
103. #1971226 Jess would know how things went in a magic kingdom - how the animals and the trees must be protected and how a ruler must behave. 129 1 1.006 20.83 — alex (planetsabc) 20.83 20.83 December 7, 2012
104. #1970753 People kept trying to help me to forget. But I didn't want to forget... 71 1 1.003 26.25 — Alex (crispin) 26.25 26.25 December 6, 2012
105. #1970414 Just tell yourself, Duckie, your really quite lucky. 52 1 1.003 30.56 — abby (6zabbym) 30.56 30.56 November 19, 2012
106. #1971157 By lunchtime the Warden was beginning to lose her patience. She made them eat quickly, so they could get back to work. 118 2 1.001 40.89 — kyle (kyleshin) 40.69 40.69 December 6, 2012
107. #1970052 Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things. 62 1 1.000 16.35 — charlie (6zchar3) 16.35 16.35 November 19, 2012
108. #1970705 You know what I like most about the stars? You look at them, at all of them up there... and you just know there's gotta be something more... 140 3 0.999 53.15 — casey (5yepicness) 38.12 38.12 November 16, 2012
109. #1970586 But it was s long time, a long time of eating fish and looking for berries, and he craved more, craved more food, heavier food, deeper food. 140 1 0.999 52.08 — casey (5yepicness) 52.08 52.08 November 16, 2012
110. #1970425 And what would you do if you met a jibboo? 42 2 0.996 26.15 — blake (patriotsabc) 25.29 25.29 December 6, 2012
111. #1970035 Let's go down to the courthouse and see the room that they locked Boo up in. My aunt says it's bat-infested, and he nearly died from the mildew. Come on. I bet they got chains and instruments of torture down there. 214 1 0.996 30.35 — abby (6zabbym) 30.35 30.35 November 19, 2012
112. #1970702 Maybe that's what strikes me most about Kostas: that despite everything he's suffered he can still look at life in the most uncomplicated way. 142 1 0.995 30.75 — Jake (brunswicktheboss) 30.75 30.75 December 6, 2012
113. #1970315 Helped by different friends along the way, Matthias finally discovers the sword's location, but he is unprepared for the grave danger he stumbles across while searching for the sword. 183 2 0.993 25.84 — Maddie (maddiem438) 24.34 24.34 December 6, 2012
114. #1971441 Fifteen seconds later he was out of the house and lying in front of a big yellow bulldozer that was advancing up his garden path. 129 4 0.992 39.43 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 31.98 31.98 November 19, 2012
115. #1970618 The stairs beneath their feet flattened into a chute and she, Harry, and Ron hurtled down it, unable to control their speed but so fast that the Death Eaters' Stunning Spells flew far over their heads. 201 2 0.990 32.16 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 30.63 30.63 December 6, 2012
116. #1970363 Let me just say for the record that I think middle school is about the dumbest idea ever invented. 98 2 0.983 40.96 — Anya (6zanya) 30.46 30.46 November 19, 2012
117. #1971412 Little by little life returned to normal. The barbed wire which fenced us in did not cause us any real fear. 108 5 0.979 48.16 — bruno (bruno6z) 34.70 34.70 November 19, 2012
118. #1970070 MLA format specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English language in writing. 101 4 0.978 46.38 — Sara (6zsarathesnugglepus) 30.66 30.66 November 19, 2012
119. #1970828 Some seemed healthier than Jeffrey, and others were in such bad shape that they had to be pushed around in wheelchairs. 119 5 0.977 43.30 — Clara (6zclarali) 31.27 31.27 November 16, 2012
120. #1971446 Human beings are great adapters, and by lunchtime life in Arthur's house had settled into a steady routine. 107 4 0.975 40.82 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 37.05 37.05 December 6, 2012
121. #1970322 So it was writen, and so it has been through all the ages of mousekind since. 77 3 0.974 35.72 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 31.34 31.34 November 19, 2012
122. #1970699 It makes me so sad that people like Kostas and Bridget who have lost everything can still be open to love... while I, who have lost nothing, am not. 148 3 0.972 37.73 — Clara (6zclarali) 34.00 34.00 November 19, 2012
123. #1970829 He deserves to have his father see what an amazing musician he is. He's also an amazing brother and just an amazing guy. 120 5 0.971 38.51 — Anya (6zanya) 26.47 26.47 December 6, 2012
124. #1970321 All the mice took a solemn vow never to harm another living creature, unless it was an enemy that sought to harm our Order by violence. 135 2 0.969 33.36 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 32.68 32.68 November 16, 2012
125. #1971203 When he was in first grade, he told his dad that he wanted to be an artist when he grew up. 91 1 0.959 15.42 — alex (clarkiicool) 15.42 15.42 December 6, 2012
126. #1970078 A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhymes in a poem. 48 4 0.959 26.70 — blake (patriotsabc) 23.23 23.23 December 6, 2012
127. #1970095 Plagiarism is copying/stealing direct information from a source and taking credit for it. 89 1 0.959 20.93 — Richard (6z_richard_rico) 20.93 20.93 December 7, 2012
128. #1970074 Persuasion is the concept of convincing others to agree with an opinion, to share values, and adopt a specific way of thinking. 127 1 0.958 22.22 — Maddie (maddiem438) 22.22 22.22 November 19, 2012
129. #1970101 Symbolism is a person, place, object or action that stands for something other than itself. 91 1 0.957 37.24 — Anya (6zanya) 37.24 37.24 November 19, 2012
130. #1970042 Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 77 1 0.955 29.53 — Jake (brunswicktheboss) 29.53 29.53 December 6, 2012
131. #1970088 An expository piece of writing is a non-fiction piece of text used to inform or persuade. 89 1 0.955 33.67 — Clara (6zclarali) 33.67 33.67 November 19, 2012
132. #1971021 ...some mayonnaise, one onion ring, one hippopotamus, one piece of string 73 2 0.952 22.88 — Maddie (maddiem438) 18.94 18.94 December 7, 2012
133. #1970678 You know, I don't even know if you could call it a pizza. It was more like the entire contents of our refrigerator on a round crust. 132 5 0.951 42.87 — Anya (6zanya) 24.91 24.91 November 16, 2012
134. #1970340 In the town itself, actually within sight of the house in which Charlie lived, there was an ENORMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY! 119 1 0.950 20.73 — Richard (6z_richard_rico) 20.73 20.73 December 7, 2012
135. #1971447 A sudden silence hit the Earth. If anything it was worse than the noise. For a while nothing happened. 102 2 0.950 35.50 — Clara (6zclarali) 35.12 35.12 December 7, 2012
136. #1971432 Two men were allowed to get down to fetch water. 48 2 0.948 27.12 — blake (patriotsabc) 23.92 23.92 November 16, 2012
137. #1971422 She gritted her teeth. 22 2 0.946 25.97 — blake (patriotsabc) 23.78 23.78 November 16, 2012
138. #1970324 Happiness filled Matthias from tail to whiskers as he bobbed a quick bow to his superior and shuffled off. 106 3 0.944 21.65 — alex (alexhd5y) 20.02 20.02 December 6, 2012
139. #1970089 A flashback is a literary technique that interrupts the present action in a story to bring the reader back to an earlier time. 126 4 0.940 46.56 — casey (5yepicness) 33.97 33.97 November 16, 2012
140. #1971136 If it weren't for that, Stanley's family would be living in a mansion on a beach in California. Instead, they were crammed in a tiny apartment that smelled of burning rubber and foot odor. 188 2 0.939 49.97 — casey (5yepicness) 44.45 44.45 December 6, 2012
141. #1970569 Miraculously Brian is able to swim free of the plane, arriving on a sandy tree-lined shore with only his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present. 193 4 0.939 31.13 — Jake (brunswicktheboss) 25.76 25.76 December 6, 2012
142. #1971223 Leslie named their secret land "Terabithia," and she loaned Jess all of her books about Narnia, so he would know how things went in a magic kingdom - how the animals and the trees must be protected and how a ruler must behave. 226 2 0.938 50.66 — Damon (6z_damon) 49.20 49.20 December 7, 2012
143. #1971154 The boys dug until each hole was well over six feet deep and wide. Still, it was easier for two boys to dig a six-foot hole than it was for one boy to dig a five-foot hole. 172 2 0.934 22.53 — Anjali (bingley5) 18.18 18.18 December 6, 2012
144. #1971405 Moshe wandered in the synagogue or in the streets, with his eyes down, his back bent, avoiding people's eyes. 109 3 0.934 58.06 — casey (5yepicness) 42.06 42.06 December 6, 2012
145. #1970591 When the pilot rescued Brian he had been alone on the L-shaped lake for fifty-four days. During that time he had lost seventeen percent of his body weight. 155 1 0.927 50.47 — Damon (6z_damon) 50.47 50.47 December 7, 2012
146. #1970348 If she trusts her Eskimo instincts, will she stand a chance of surviving? 73 3 0.921 27.00 — abby (6zabbym) 22.07 22.07 November 19, 2012
147. #1970601 When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end. 123 3 0.921 31.46 — Clara (6zclarali) 20.26 20.26 November 19, 2012
148. #1970823 When he first arrived in Philly, the doctors had run a huge battery of tests to determine how bad Jeffery's cancer was, whether it had spread to other systems in his body, and how likely he was to recover. 205 6 0.920 35.49 — kyle (kyleshin) 27.48 27.48 December 6, 2012
149. #1971013 If he had stayed in the community, he would not be. It was as simple as that. Once he had yearned for choice. 109 2 0.919 28.22 — Alex (crispin) 23.24 23.24 December 6, 2012
150. #1970355 Miyax was a classic Eskimo beauty, small of bone and delicately wired with strong muscles. 90 1 0.918 27.05 — nicola (6znikki) 27.05 27.05 December 7, 2012
151. #1970034 By October, things had settled down again. I still looked for Boo every time I went by the Radley place. This night my mind was filled with Halloween - there was to be a pageant representing our county's agricultural products; I was to be a ham. 245 3 0.918 53.90 — Damon (6z_damon) 48.03 48.03 November 19, 2012
152. #1970314 The young mouse Matthias (formerly Redwall's most awkward novice) vows to recover the legendary weapon. 103 1 0.915 28.94 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 28.94 28.94 December 7, 2012
153. #1971152 Stanley did as he was told. He carefully looked through all the dirt dug up by Zero, as he shoveled it into a wheelbarrow, though he knew he wouldn't find anything. 164 4 0.915 35.72 — Clara (6zclarali) 23.12 23.12 November 19, 2012
154. #1970825 The doctor in charge was barking orders like a Marine drill sargeant, with questions in between for my mom. 107 4 0.913 30.39 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 24.26 24.26 November 16, 2012
155. #1970335 He wins the trip of a lifetime - a magical tour around Mr. Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. 96 2 0.912 31.10 — Clara (6zclarali) 29.90 29.90 November 19, 2012
156. #1970741 Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open. 50 1 0.912 15.69 — ciara (cc1833) 15.69 15.69 December 6, 2012
157. #1970616 And wouldn't those secluded Albanian woods have seemed an excellent refuge when, so much later, Voldemort had needed a place to lie low, undisturbed; for ten long years? 169 1 0.912 27.78 — abby (6zabbym) 27.78 27.78 November 19, 2012
158. #1970307 Whenever the Committee of Elders are faced with a new situation, they are able to seek the counsel and advice of the Receiver. 126 2 0.911 38.15 — Sara (6zsarathesnugglepus) 34.20 34.20 December 7, 2012
159. #1970051 Onomatopeia is the use of words whose sound suggest their meaning. 66 1 0.909 23.80 — Alex (crispin) 23.80 23.80 December 6, 2012
160. #1970342 To her small Eskimo village, she is known as Miyax; to her friend in San Francisco, she is Julie. 97 1 0.908 23.76 — Alex (crispin) 23.76 23.76 December 6, 2012
161. #1970339 But I haven't yet told you about the one awful thing that tortured little Charlie, the lover of chocolate, more than anything else. 131 2 0.907 43.53 — Anya (6zanya) 34.02 34.02 December 7, 2012
162. #1971052 It was their own language of happy exclamations and overwhelming emotions. Esperanza watched them cry. 102 2 0.904 32.35 — Sara (6zsarathesnugglepus) 26.43 26.43 December 7, 2012
163. #1970082 An analogy is making comparisons between words and/or ideas with common traits. 79 1 0.903 49.16 — Damon (6z_damon) 49.16 49.16 December 7, 2012
164. #1970349 Accepted by their leader and befriended by a feisty pup named Kapu, she soon grows to love her new wolf family. 111 2 0.902 50.56 — Damon (6z_damon) 47.39 47.39 December 7, 2012
165. #1970396 I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent! 88 3 0.902 34.73 — Anya (6zanya) 29.36 29.36 November 19, 2012
166. #1971442 A cloud passed overhead. It cast a shadow over Arthur Dent as he lay propped up on his elbow in the cold mud. 109 1 0.901 19.65 — Richard (6z_richard_rico) 19.65 19.65 November 19, 2012
167. #1971208 She ran as if it was her nature. It reminded him of a flight of wild ducks in the autumn. So smooth. The word "beautiful" came to his mind, but he shook it away and hurried up toward the house. 193 2 0.900 44.93 — casey (5yepicness) 36.97 36.97 November 16, 2012
168. #1970016 Things could change, Gabe. Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors. And grandparents. And everybody would have memories. You know about memories. 227 1 0.900 38.07 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 38.07 38.07 December 6, 2012
169. #1970325 Get your rod and line. Tell Brother Alf that he is to take you fishing in the small boat. That's what young mice like doing, isn't it? 134 1 0.900 28.44 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 28.44 28.44 December 7, 2012
170. #1970420 One fish Two fish Red fish Blue fish! 37 2 0.897 36.32 — Anya (6zanya) 28.14 28.14 November 19, 2012
171. #1971434 The cherished objects we had brought with us thus far were left behind in the train, and with them at last, our illusions. 122 2 0.894 25.31 — Penn (pennator5y) 20.54 20.54 December 6, 2012
172. #1970328 Determined to save her friend, Charlotte spins a web that reads "Some Pig," convincing the farmer and surrounding community that Wilbur is no ordinary animal and should be saved. 178 3 0.893 26.35 — Alex (crispin) 24.00 24.00 December 6, 2012
173. #1970822 The reason why his nosebleed had been so bad is that the leukemia had drastically reduced the number of platelets in Jeffrey's blood so that it wasn't clotting normally. 169 4 0.891 37.52 — Anya (6zanya) 27.54 27.54 November 16, 2012
174. #1970690 I know that you're tired, okay, but you can't give up, the Pants will give you a miracle, you have to believe. 110 1 0.887 31.26 — Clara (6zclarali) 31.26 31.26 November 19, 2012
175. #1971404 I would often sit with Moshe in the evening after the service, listening to his stories and trying my hardest to understand his grief. 134 3 0.885 24.60 — Adin (5joecoolyo) 20.79 20.79 November 16, 2012
176. #1971115 Out on the lake, rattlesnakes and scorpions find shade under rocks and in the holes dug by the campers. 103 2 0.881 21.57 — Anjali (bingley5) 17.10 17.10 November 16, 2012
177. #1971002 He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist. He didn't dare to turn and find his parents in the crowd. 181 1 0.879 34.79 — Sara (6zsarathesnugglepus) 34.79 34.79 December 7, 2012
178. #1970298 Jem said he would escort me to the school auditorium. Thus began our longest journey together. 94 3 0.874 28.56 — Leah (leahmiller5y) 21.52 21.52 December 6, 2012
179. #1971024 Whosoever's room this is should be ashamed! His underwear is hanging on the lamp His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair, And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp. 176 2 0.874 31.37 — kyle (kyleshin) 27.05 27.05 November 16, 2012
180. #1970620 His tone was light, but his blue eyes pierced Snape as they had frequently pierced Harry, as though the soul they discussed was visible to him. 143 5 0.873 45.48 — Damon (6z_damon) 35.90 35.90 November 16, 2012
181. #1971428 It was as though she were possessed by an evil spirit which spoke from the depths of her being. 95 3 0.869 32.28 — kyle (kyleshin) 22.39 22.39 November 16, 2012
182. #1970362 Like I said, I'll be famous one day, but right now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons. 101 3 0.868 23.32 — Adin (5joecoolyo) 22.34 22.34 December 6, 2012
183. #1971026 His books are all jammed in the closet, His vest has been left in the hall. A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed, And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall. 167 2 0.867 46.82 — casey (5yepicness) 41.09 41.09 November 16, 2012
184. #1970820 Jeffrey had the two worst black eyes I'd ever seen, and his nose was swollen to about twice its normal size. 108 1 0.865 30.48 — Clara (6zclarali) 30.48 30.48 November 19, 2012
185. #1970008 After Twelve, age isn't important. Most of us even lose track of how old we are as time passes, though information is in the Hall of Open Records. 146 2 0.859 53.20 — Damon (6z_damon) 41.26 41.26 November 19, 2012
186. #1971041 When she reached the vines, she separated the leaves and carefully grasped a thick stem. 88 1 0.856 11.56 — cyrus (6zcyruzpuffin) 11.56 11.56 December 7, 2012
187. #1970056 Resolution is the solution to the problem. 42 4 0.848 26.67 — blake (patriotsabc) 16.63 16.63 December 6, 2012
188. #1970358 First of all, let me get something straight: this is a JOURNAL, not a diary. 76 1 0.844 20.26 — blake (patriotsabc) 20.26 20.26 November 16, 2012
189. #1970066 To edit is to check the grammar, spelling, and punctuation of a piece of writing. 81 2 0.842 21.27 — blake (patriotsabc) 19.35 19.35 November 16, 2012
190. #1970566 He hunched his shoulders and tried to make himself smaller in the seat. He wanted to disappear, to fade away, not to exist. 123 1 0.840 26.56 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 26.56 26.56 December 7, 2012
191. #1971023 And he lets out a roar if you open the door. And it gives me a scare to know he's in there-- that Polary Bear In our Fridgitydaire. 131 2 0.834 34.25 — kyle (kyleshin) 22.48 22.48 November 16, 2012
192. #1970081 Voice is the style of the author; the quality that makes his or her writing unique, and which conveys the attitude, personality, and character of the author. 157 1 0.832 18.20 — Serena (smyleslevin5y) 18.20 18.20 December 6, 2012
193. #1970606 After the usual brief spell of darkness and near suffocation, Harry found himself in the tiny alleyway where the first phase of their plan was scheduled to take place. 167 1 0.832 42.03 — bruno (bruno6z) 42.03 42.03 December 7, 2012
194. #1970345 Now, more than ever, she must look hard at who she really is. Is she Miyax, Eskimo girl of the old ways? 104 2 0.832 21.45 — Adin (5joecoolyo) 21.18 21.18 November 16, 2012
195. #1970427 Gray day. Everything is gray. I watch. But nothing moves today. 63 1 0.831 29.30 — Clara (6zclarali) 29.30 29.30 November 19, 2012
196. #1970093 Meter is the recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. 84 1 0.826 32.14 — Anya (6zanya) 32.14 32.14 December 7, 2012
197. #1970754 So I guess you're the fastest kid in school now, huh? 53 1 0.821 17.00 — alex (planetsabc) 17.00 17.00 December 7, 2012
198. #1971020 A hippo sandwich is easy to make. All you do is simply take one slice of bread, one slice of cake 97 1 0.809 31.64 — kyle (kyleshin) 31.64 31.64 November 16, 2012
199. #1971030 Don't you set down on the steps. 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. 181 2 0.803 21.16 — Alex (crispin) 19.38 19.38 November 16, 2012
200. #1971116 Here's a good rule to remember about rattlesnakes and scropions: If you don't bother them, they won't bother you. Usually. 122 4 0.802 38.05 — casey (5yepicness) 32.51 32.51 December 6, 2012
201. #1970003 How could someone not fit in? The community was so meticulously ordered, the choices so carefully made. 103 2 0.800 31.44 — Anya (6zanya) 29.67 29.67 November 19, 2012
202. #1970096 Prejudice is a preconceived judgment or opinion about people or groups of people. 81 1 0.792 24.15 — abby (6zabbym) 24.15 24.15 November 19, 2012
203. #1970407 There's no limit to how much you'll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go! 80 3 0.782 30.48 — Anya (6zanya) 27.52 27.52 November 19, 2012
204. #1971027 Whosoever's room this is should be ashamed! Donald or Robert or Willie or-- Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear, I knew it looked familiar! 136 3 0.775 41.12 — casey (5yepicness) 34.48 34.48 December 6, 2012
205. #1970821 Actually, he looked like some deranged anteater, but I didn't figure that would be the thing to tell him. 105 1 0.769 40.07 — casey (5yepicness) 40.07 40.07 December 6, 2012
206. #1971224 Leslie named their secret land "Terabithia." 44 2 0.769 18.32 — Richard (6z_richard_rico) 14.87 14.87 November 19, 2012
207. #1971235 Something whirled around inside Jess's head. 44 1 0.736 9.94 — cyrus (6zcyruzpuffin) 9.94 9.94 December 7, 2012
208. #1970333 Fern couldn't take her eyes off the tiny pig. "Oh," she whispered, "Oh, look at him! He's absolutely perfect." 110 2 0.719 38.69 — casey (5yepicness) 29.03 29.03 November 16, 2012
209. #1970064 Conventions in writing include spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and paragraphing. 96 1 0.685 28.98 — Tommy (tommystyz111) 28.98 28.98 November 16, 2012
210. #1971128 Stanley Yelnats was given a choice. 35 1 0.630 16.50 — Alex (crispin) 16.50 16.50 November 30, 2012
211. #1970500 Rhythm and syzygy are the longest English words without vowels. 63 1 0.628 19.84 — gunnar (6z_koolkitty2023) 19.84 19.84 December 7, 2012