python38

Is it possible to take Literature with almost no exam-specific preparation (taking practise tests etc) if you're used to reading novels, etc. a lot?

2blue

Some questions test your knowledge of literary terms. I remember my son telling me about how the test included a poem and he had to identify what type of rhyming scheme it used.

FireTiger

its fine

only a couple questions you wont be able to answer

700+ is easy to get cold

if youre looking for 800 you might need to study

muffinmeister

i took it without any prep and got a 760. what killed me were a couple of poetry questions- identify whether it's iambic pentameter, etc. otherwise it's pretty easy.

FreeFocus

I took it this month without any prep. The literature was pretty hard actually and I wasn't expecting the time constraints to feel so tight. I only answered 48 out of 60 and probably got 4-5 wrong out of that, so that's like a 670ish? It was more difficult than I expected, and I probably should've done a bit of prep beforehand to get the feel for it.

Millancad

I took it with no prep and got a 760 back in June.

Mare_Crisium

I haven't taken it yet, but I've skimmed most of the questions, and they seemed really easy as far as I'm concerned. Maybe review literary terms like everyone said, but it doesn't seem much more complicated that the AP Eng language nd composition test. I haven't taken the AP Eng Lit test yet, so I can't compare.

Blackroses216

lol.. i took your guys' advice for the November test and I know I epically failed that. Didn't finish 1/3 of the test. Was not expecting some of the harder 18century poems..

anyway, maybe I'm just retarded. But my advice is that if you have had previous problems with testing time, do a few practice tests at least to get your time laid out for the actual test.

meghnasridhar

Take a diagnostic. Really, it's the only way to tell if you're good enough to take it cold or not. If you manage to get 20 points less or more than the score you want, then you don't need to prep beyond maybe reviewing the lit terms a little (the poems-- especially the pre 1900s ones, are slightly difficult). If your score is lower than you excepted/wanted in the diagnostic, sit and comprehensively review from a prep book, a week and 3-5 practise tests should be enough.

charizarrd

What's the best prep book for the Lit test?

hudablossom

I used Barron's for Lit. It's really hard, and I'm not sure how accurate the p. tests are (the real wasn't like the practice ones), but it makes the real thing seem so much easier.

meghnasridhar

I've heard Kaplan's is good, and I found it useful.