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WHAT MAKES A TEXT DIFFICULT?

Text 1

By the side of a babbling brook stood a great and magnificent yew. Beneath the yew grew a slender and graceful reed that swayed and bowed with even the most gentle of breezes.

(From a short story for children)

Text 2

Bézier curves are features of many high-end design software packages; they allow a designer to create smooth curves by defining a number of points. The PostScript page description language uses Bézier curves to design the shape of characters during printers.

(From Peter Collins’ Dictionary of Computing)

Text 3

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

(Article II, Amendments to the American Constitution)