SAT Literature - Practice papers and tips?

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<p>I'm taking SAT Literature in around 7 days, so time to cram. I'm an IB HL Lit student, so I've got experience with analysis and inference and all that. I've just made a list of all the excess literary terms that I should revise, and I've bought the Barrons revision guide. Is there anything else I should revise other than just terms and practice papers? Also, any further tips from previous SAT Literature students?</p>

<p>Also, if anyone has access to literature practice papers online, I would be very very appreciative :D Thanks all!</p>

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<p>There aren’t many papers online, but I’m in IB too and the exam should be pretty easy :slight_smile: There were next to no literary terms on the actual exam and Barron’s is quite excessive </p>

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<p>Are there any papers online anywhere? It would be SO helpful to at least write one or two before the actual exam. In the same boat! </p>

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<p>@AnnaLuxe I can’t tell you how much of a joy that is to hear after two painful days of struggling through Barrons - Probably have to practice more than I thought these few days. Good luck to everyone going for it!</p>

<p>@WooTheDay there should be past papers in the xtremepapers cache, but they’re pretty limited and I’m pretty sure they’re not official :/</p>

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<p>@13lia1‌ I’m sure you’ll do great! Just be aware that there are some wrong answers on the practice tests in the Barron’s book so go with your gut on those</p>

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<p>@AnnaLuxe You’ve got to be kidding me o.o There are wrong answers on the tests? Haha at a raw baseline score I’m getting 650 - 700, kind of nervous since i don’t have that long to up my game - but thanks for the encouragement :D</p>

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<p>@13lia1‌ I was getting around 700 on Barron’s but I managed an 800 on the actual exam :slight_smile: Keep in mind that lit is considered one of the ‘harder’ subjects to get a high score in, so even getting around 700 would be considered a strong score</p>

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<p>@AnnaLuxe Haha that’s awesome and good for you!! :slight_smile: I’m keeping that in mind so hopefully I won’t do too terribly. Barron’s list of vocabulary words frankly looks rather ridiculous though I mean do we really have to know the difference between an epithet and antonomasia >< That’s not exactly literature…</p>