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  2. Gunning fog index - Wikipedia

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    While the fog index is a good sign of hard-to-read text, it has limits. Not all complex words are difficult. For example, "interesting" is not generally thought to be a difficult word, although it has three syllables (after omitting the common -ing suffix). A short word can be difficult if it is not used very often by most people.

  3. 7 Signs Someone Might Think You're 'Hard To Read ... - AOL

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    Dr. Hafeez shares seven signs you're hard to read. She also shared the best and worst times to act "mysterious." Related: 9 Subtle Ways Your Body Language Might Make You 'Instantly Unlikable ...

  4. Dale–Chall readability formula - Wikipedia

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    The Dale–Chall readability formula is a readability test that provides a numeric gauge of the comprehension difficulty that readers come upon when reading a text. It uses a list of 3000 words that groups of fourth-grade American students could reliably understand, considering any word not on that list to be difficult.

  5. Flesch–Kincaid readability tests - Wikipedia

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    Graphs of Flesch-Kincaid reading ease (red) and grade level (gray) scores against average syllables per word and average words per sentence. The Flesch–Kincaid readability tests are readability tests designed to indicate how difficult a passage in English is to understand. There are two tests: the Flesch Reading-Ease, and the Flesch–Kincaid ...

  6. Readability - Wikipedia

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    Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.The concept exists in both natural language and programming languages though in different forms. In natural language, the readability of text depends on its content (the complexity of its vocabulary and syntax) and its presentation (such as typographic aspects that affect legibility, like font size, line height ...

  7. Reading disability - Wikipedia

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    Hyperlexic children are characterized by word-reading ability well above what would be expected given their ages and IQs. [24] Hyperlexia can be viewed as a superability in which word recognition ability goes far above expected levels of skill. [25] However, in spite of few problems with decoding, comprehension is poor.

  8. Wikipedia : Emerson and Wilde on consistency

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    In other words, Wilde's stance on art is hostile to using and following sources, if this viewpoint is analogized to our writing of what we write on this site. The Wildean position obviously cannot be applied to writing an encyclopedia, which is entirely unlike a painting or a poem (or an unusual hat design).

  9. Easy read - Wikipedia

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    Easy read is a method of presenting written information to make it easier to understand for people with difficulty reading. Easy read advocates sentences of no more than ten to fifteen words, with each sentence having just one idea and one verb. Active sentences are used instead of passive sentences. Easy read is closely edited to express ideas ...