Respondent Questionnaire for Phase 1 of This Study, Items 1-15

INSTRUCTIONS: Rate each of the following 55 statements in terms of the six criteria below. Please use a 5-point scale to assess each item. In this scale, "1" represents the minimum value and "5" the maximum value. You will have 120 minutes to complete this part of the survey.

Items:

# 1 - 15

# 16 - 30

# 31 - 43

# 44 - 55

No.	Statement
1	The red roses of the garden never had the freshness of the pink ones beyond the fence.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
2	The discussions among the members had a real effect on deciding on a solution to the problem.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
3	The old Japanese driver finally parked his small car between the toy shop and the grocery store.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
4	Although Mary was a popular singer, when she woke up every morning, she listened to others' songs.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
5	We could not agree on giving them the chance to interfere with the decisions, goals, and strategies.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
6	To catch those animals, what the people of the town had to have was guns and cages.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
7	When he finally found the big gold ring, he hid it although it belonged to the girl.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
8	The shadow near the window caused her to feel his presence in the corner of the room.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
9	The last car accident in the busy highway near the town damaged hundreds of expensive beautiful cars.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
10	The strange behaviors of the little child's old grandfather were what he could not get used to.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
11	She could cook and wash for hours in the lovely kitchen of her apartment without sitting down.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
12	They had to change their mind about their system to avoid experiencing any defeat in the future.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
13	In the comfortable chair in his room, what he could do for hours was to watch TV.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
14	The red apples in the wooden box completely attracted the hungry eyes of the little school boys.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5
15	As the train drew into the station, the tall passenger jumped out although it was snowing heavily.
Respondent Ratings:	General Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Imagery: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Lexical Difficulty: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	World Knowledge: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Semantic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5	Syntactic Complexity: -Rate- 0 (no response) 1 2 3 4 5