<p>Any advice on how to prepare?</p>
<p>I bought the Princeton Review Book yesterday and recently went through it and have been getting a lot wrong (which is especially annoying since I'm really really good at CR on the SAT I).</p>
<p>What else have you guys done to do well on the test?</p>
<p>The best way to prepare is through having read tons of literature through out your whole life, so that you've become well acquainted with ways of analyzing different passages, styles, etc. Depending on your test date, you might not be able to cram this type of preparation into a few short weeks (or months). Personally, I just glanced at a prep book the night before the test and got a 790. But, I'm a huge lit fan, and I read a lot of the "classics," and anything else I can get my hands on. So, yeah, lots of reading... If not, I've heard that Barron's lit book is really good, too.</p>
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<p>I don't know what the hell blondie is talking about. it's not really that hard at all. I haven't read tons of literature throughout my life. actually, I've spark'd a lot of assigned readings throughout highschool, and I don't do that much reading outside of school.</p>
<p>I still managed to get a 740 by going through PR's book and taking the four practice tests. just keep taking practice tests until you get better (you will get better).</p>
<p>SAT I CR and SAT II Lit can't be compared.
Take as many practice tests as possible to set your own pace.
By preparing for this exam, you'll learn how to actually read critically.</p>
<p>I don't really feel like you can prepare for it... I didn't and got a 770. To each his/her own I guess. If you really want to try to prepare, try Barrons I'd say. It's kind of one of those tests that you either know or don't though.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the only way to prepare is by being able to interpret literature quickly and accurately. That isn't something you can learn from a prep book. I took it cold and got a 790, and I don't think I'd have gotten any higher if I'd studied.</p>
<p>i didnt prepare and got a 760 which im proud of! i think the best thing is obv to take practice tests and i learned that the questions themselves are really helpful in understanding the complex passages so use those to ur advantage when ur actually taking it! good luck!</p>
<p>...just adding my two cents here. Lots of solid advice already.</p>
<p>1) In my experience, your SAT I CR score sets a ceiling for your SAT II Lit score (this is an oversimplication, but still more or less true in my experience). So if you've gotten a 780 CR, to me that suggests that you might be able to reach a 780 Lit with a fair amount of preparation and practice.</p>
<p>Some people will obviously get a SAT II Lit score that equals their SAT I CR score right out of the gate, I know. I mean only that people with an SAT II score significantly <em>lower</em> than their SAT I score could probably raise the SAT II score with practice.</p>
<p>2) Practice tests will help a lot.</p>
<p>3) Most people need the most help with the poetry on the SAT II Lit. (That's because our schools, as a whole, do a significantly worse job of teaching poems than of teaching novels and other prose forms, so poetry is quite possibly one of your weaknesses. . . that is, if you're a product of an American education. :) ) If you're in the position of needing to cram, you might want to study a lot of poems and learn to interpret them correctly.</p>
<p>I've seen big jumps on the SAT II Lit from taking the following steps:</p>
<p>1) Practice, practice, practice; </p>
<p>2) Spending some time learning to read poems well;</p>
<p>3) Spending a little bit of time memorizing important literary terms (such as "metonymy" and "assonance": found in any decent prep guide).</p>
<p>I didn't really do any studying. I skimmed through one practice test and got a 750. If you are generally a good reader, you should be fine (except for that darn poetry).</p>
<p>Ask me again after Dec. 20 when scores come out lol</p>
<p>thanks guys! this has helped a lot and i shall heed to your advice accordingly</p>
<p>Can't compare to CR. I have 800 CR and 610 Lit. Go figure..</p>
<p>(although I do think that I shifted my answers on Lit.. 610 is ~30% wrong, and I doubt I answered every third one incorrectly)</p>