diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35eb1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WordFrequency.java b/src/WordFrequency.java
index 2f82ee4..baac4f8 100644
--- a/src/WordFrequency.java
+++ b/src/WordFrequency.java
@@ -1,5 +1,102 @@
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+/**
+ * @author Katherine Watkins
+ * SDEV 333
+ * 02/20/2023
+ * WordFrequency assignment
+ */
+
 public class WordFrequency {
+     /**
+     *
+     * @param fileName is a String that the scanner uses to find the file
+     * @return returns a Map with all the words and their frequency within the specified file
+     */
+    public static Map<String, Integer> wordFrequency(String fileName) {
+        //map to store each word and it's frequency
+        Map<String, Integer> wordMap = new TreeMap<>();
+        //scanner in a try catch for FileNotFoundException
+        try (Scanner s = new Scanner(new File(fileName))) {
+            while (s.hasNext()) {
+                String current = s.next();
+
+                if(wordMap.containsKey(current)){
+                    int currentCount = wordMap.get(current);
+                    currentCount++;
+                    wordMap.put(current, currentCount);
+                }else{
+                    wordMap.put(current, 1);
+                }
+
+            }
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            System.out.println("File not found: " + fileName);
+        }
+        return wordMap;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method finds the most frequent word/words and prints those to the console.
+     * @param thisMap takes in a map as a parameter that has words as keys and their frequency as values
+     */
+    public static void findMax(Map<String, Integer> thisMap){
+        //int to keep track of max value found
+        int max = 0;
+        //new map to store highest value/values
+        Map<String, Integer> maxMap = new HashMap<>();
+        //iterate through the map to find the highest frequency word or words
+        for(String key : thisMap.keySet()){
+            //if current word has HIGHER value than previous max, reset the maxMap and put the new values
+            if(thisMap.get(key) > max){
+                max = thisMap.get(key);
+                maxMap = new HashMap<>();
+                maxMap.put(key, thisMap.get(key));
+
+            }
+            //if multiple words have the same max frequency, add them to maxMap
+            else if(thisMap.get(key) == max){
+                maxMap.put(key, thisMap.get(key));
+            }
+        }
+        //Print out the word/words that appear most, if more than one word is in maxMap it will print differently than if there is only one
+        if(maxMap.size() > 1){
+            int num = 0;
+            System.out.print("The words that appear the most times are");
+            int count = maxMap.size();
+            for(String key : maxMap.keySet()){
+                num = maxMap.get(key);
+                System.out.print(" \"" + key + "\"");
+                if(count > 2){
+                    System.out.print(",");
+                }
+                else if(count > 1){
+                    System.out.print(", and");
+                }
+                count--;
+            }
+            System.out.println(". They each appear " + num + " times.");
+        }else{
+            System.out.print("The word that appears the most times is ");
+            for(String key : maxMap.keySet()) {
+                System.out.println("\"" + key + "\" and it appears " + maxMap.get(key) + " times.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+        //frequency Map stored in variable
+        Map<String, Integer> wordMap = wordFrequency("tale.txt");
+        //for loop to print out each word and it's frequency
+        for(String key : wordMap.keySet()){
+            System.out.println(key + " appears " + wordMap.get(key) + " times");
+        }
+        //call to findMax that will print out the most frequently used word/words
+        findMax(wordMap);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file