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Where are the Less Frequently Used Words?

• Printed Text
• Newspapers - 68
• Adult books - 52
• Comic books - 53
• Children's books - 30
• Television
• Adult shows - 22
• Children shows - 20
• Cartoons - 30
• Adult Speech
• College grad - 17
• Haynes and Ahrens (1988)

To the right of the text a round dart board is shown. Three darts are in the bullseye area.