<p>What is the best prep book? Is Princeton Review good? Also, how much prep is necessary for somebody who has a pretty good handle on rhetorical devices? For people whose best subject is English, how much did you prep? Was it enough? Thanks.</p>
<p>bump......</p>
<p>Princeton Review is alright, but really short w/ only two practice tests.
I read half of How to Read Literature Like a Professor the night before the test too- talk about cramming at the last minute, lol. </p>
<p>I didn't feel prepared at ALL, even though English is my best subject. I thought I would get around a 710, but I was pleasantly surprised with a 790. ^_^</p>
<p>hey i got a 790 too. there's already been 3 790s on lit on collegeconfidential. maybe it was some horrible curve with -1 = 790 and there was a horrible question that everyone got wrong, right?</p>
<p>well i used kaplan and took 7 of the 8 practice tests. lots of practice! you can also quickly go over the review, it's very concise, so that you know all the terms</p>
<p>Err...because I had so many other things happening simultaneously (e.c.'s, AP tests, etc.), I hardly studied at all. Three days before the exam, I picked up the Princeton Review Book, read the whole thing, and did all the practice tests (5 are included in the newest book). </p>
<p>Got an 800 on the May test...which was a huge (but nice) surprise.</p>
<p>It helps if you take AP English Language at the same time, I think, and it's good to know your rhetorical devices, but really, the best prep you can get is just to READ. Read everything, from poetry written in 1490 to modern pieces to drama. A lot of people have said that Lit is nearly impossible to cram for, and I more or less agree. The only reason why I did well on the test was because I love to read and constantly have my nose stuck in a book. I realize that if you're aiming to take the June test this is ineffective and basically irrelevant advice, but I thought I'd throw it out there.</p>
<p>OHWOW I tend to ramble a lot. Recap:</p>
<p>-It's good to know your literary devices
-It's good to start studying early (do as I say and not as I do)
-It's BETTER to have been regularly exposed to all kinds of literature (prose, poetry, drama...); if this is the case, minimal prep is acceptable
-The Princeton Review book is short, a tad TOO concise, not particularly thorough, and pretty superficial, but the practice tests are good to have and actually a little harder than the real exam (if you're into the whole overprep thing)
-Practice taking a test under timed conditions once...or twice...or as many times as you can
-It does take a little bit of luck</p>
<p>I hope this helped a little; I know the post is a bit off-topic.</p>
<p>Yeah, I didn't have the newer Princeton Review book with the five tests, mine was the 2005 (?) one with two. I'm cheap. ^^' </p>
<p>I'd definitely recommend taking a <em>timed</em> practice test at least once, I barelyyy finished the test because I wasn't used to pacing myself through the passages. </p>
<p>Lit usually does have a horrible curve though, I swear it's something around -3 = 790. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah, I was too cheap to buy a practice book so I just studied lit terms and took some practice AP Lang tests. By sheer luck, I pulled off a 790, but I definitely missed at least three.</p>
<p>What sucks is that I was just about to go back and change my last answer when the proctor called time, and that one question could have bumped me to an 800.</p>
<p>not complaining, though.</p>
<p>I overlapped my May SatII Lit test with the AP Language exam. I read a bit of the Princeton Review book and did a practice test, but what helped me most was overlapping my studying for the AP Test with the SATII. I recieved a 790 as well. My sophomore year I studied for the US History SATII at the same time that I was studying for my US Final, and I recieved a 780.</p>