Formula
To calculate a grade level score:
- Randomly select three separate 100 word passages. (Count every word including proper nouns, initializations, and numerals.)
- Count the number of sentences in each 100 word sample (estimate to nearest tenth).
- Count the number of syllables in each 100 word sample. (Each numeral is a syllable. For example, 2007 counts as 1 word with 4 syllables.)
- Plot the average sentence length and the average number of syllables on the graph.
- The area in which it falls is the approximate grade
Read more about this topic: Fry Readability Formula
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