<p>Hello all,
I was wondering which SAT Lit prep book that people found most helpful on the real exam?
I am planning on taking the test in October.</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Barrons!!!</p>
<p>got me a 780....see my other recent posts for specific info.</p>
<p>I would recommend that you borrow Princeton Review and Kaplan from your public library about a month or so before the test and do all of the practice tests (of course, reviewing what you got wrong and why you got it wrong).</p>
<p>Only skim through the review sections. They aren't that useful unless you're totally clueless about literary devices. The difficult aspect of Literature is understanding the subtle intentions of poems' and excerpts' authors, not knowing what anastrophe is. That's why practice is key.</p>
<p>If you really want to buy a certain book, I would go with Kaplan. I think the practice test scores are pretty accurate. I received the exact same score for the actual test as I did for Kaplan practice tests. :)</p>
<p>honestly...for Lit I went in practically cold. One practice test. I don't know a whole lot of terminology or anything, and didn't study any. I got an 800. If you've been an avid reader your whole life and have semi-extensive vocab skills you'll ace it.
(Now Biology, which I also took....not so good. at all.)</p>
<p>The AP Lit books from REA and Cliffs are great for practice. The AP MC section is practically identical to the SAT one, so don't worry about using AP books. Those two books each have 6 practice tests, and very realistic ones at that. Do all of them, look closely at the answers, and watch your score go way up.</p>
<p>i would suggest, don't by barrons. for me, it wasn't similar to the test at all.. but others might not think so...</p>