Readability Assignment
Posted by kegill on April 3, 2007
Using Word’s built-in Flesch-Kincaid tool:
Fiction. Chapter 1, Huckleberry Finn. Grade level: 5.8
Seth Goodin’s Blog Post. Take a risk? Grade level: 6.0
Kathy’s blog post (political news): Copyright Proposal Dooms Online Radio. Grade level: 8.2
Book Review (USA Today): Mass collaboration could change way companies operate. Grade level: 9.6
Book Review (Connie Crosby Blog): Wikinomics: Mass Collaboration Coming Your Way. Grade level: 12.1
Book Review (EducationPR Blog): Book review: Wikinomics. Grade level: 13.1
Book Review (Newsday): Businesses beginning to see the benefits of wikis. Grade level: 13.2
Apple’s iPhone (first two screens) promo copy: Overview and iPod. Grade level: 13.9
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paul baker said
Hi
I share your interest in digital media. You may be interested in the recent book, New Media Poetics, published by MIT Press. I review it on my other blog, Wordsalad http://www.wordsalad.wordpress.com
Cheers
Paul Baker
connie said
Considering my intended readers are people with advanced university educations, I hope that writing at grade level 12.1 isn’t a bad thing. There are many reasons to write simply and clearly, but I also enjoy the precision of a wide vocabulary and complex sentences.
Cheers!
Connie