United States History: Modern America

In order to complete this assignment, I reviewed the textbook used in my eleventh grade Modern American History class. The title of the book is United States History: Modern America. Printed by Prentice Hall, it was published in 2008 and is now in its fifth year of usage for my class. I used the Fry Readability Graph to determine the readability of the book. Additionally, I selected three passages, one from the beginning, middle and end of the book, in order to assure accurate results. The first passage was from chapter 1. It contained 155 syllables spread through six and a half sentences. The second passage, from chapter 8, contained 134 syllables and 4.3 sentences. Finally, the third passage, from chapter 18, contained 152 syllables