But here is an example of Lexile measurement results. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway has a Lexile Level of 730. Diary of a Wimpy Kid has 1000. Just looking at the opening sentences, it makes you wonder. In the first page of a A Farewell to Arms there is a sentence of 50 words. And in the start of the second chapter there is a sentence 68 words long. But the sentences are not particularly complex. That’s because Hemingway was a master. His varying of long and short sentences created a pleasurable rhythm so the reader rarely felt the book was difficult to read.
