<p>I have no idea where I'm going with my Lit preparation. :D But I'm really enzooying reading poetry from the days of yore! I'm reading Donne, Shakespeare, Bradstreet, and Wheatley presently!</p>
<p>I love Anne Bradstreet! She rocks mah world !</p>
<p>You know, I took AP Language and Comp, barely studied any important authors, and scored a 700 on Literature. I honestly thought I would get a 500. Lit is basically CR on steroids. I remember reading a selection from a play set in the 1800’s and a poem about Greek mythology.</p>
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Woah! Thats awesome! I will be ecstatic if I get a 700 even after preparing. </p>
<p>rotflmaospencer: Bradstreet is okay but Shakespeare is faar more witty. That man was something!</p>
<p>How are you guys preparing?</p>
<p>According to the Collegeboard’s page for Literature, of the 60 MCQs on the test:
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<p>I’m working with poetry first- starting with famous works of the earlier centuries and slowly moving onwards. I basically just read a poem, formulate my own analysis and interpretation and then match them to formal analyses and widely accepted interpretations. </p>
<p>I figure I should study the literary jargon like assonance, consonance and pentatonic !@#$% but don’t have the patience. :(</p>
<p>I thought you couldn’t really study for the SAT II lit? Aside from a small handful of literary terms that are on the test.</p>
<p>I don’t know about others but studying is definitely helping me get familiar with the language and archaism of the “effusively florid” prose and poetry. Plus, my reading speed is improving. But it’s too early to vouch for better interpretation skills.</p>
<p>I don’t think you can really study, but you can definitely practice. The fact that crouch88’s reading speed has improved should prove that taking the time to prepare has its definite benefits. </p>
<p>I suppose for the most part though, you either have the skills or you don’t. It would probably be difficult to improve significantly (250+) on this test.</p>