[...]... REGISTRATION AND FEES IS AVAILABLE FROM THE To take the SAT I or any SAT II: Subject Tests, you will need to register with the College Board See your guidance counselor for a copy of the SAT II Registration Bulletin or write or call: College Board SAT Program P.O Box 6200 Princeton, NJ 085 41- 6200 609-7 71- 7600 Also ask for a copy of Taking the SAT II: Subject Tests The Bulletin lists test sites and dates... TAKE THE SAT II: LITERATURE TEST MORE THAN ONCE WANT TO TRY TO BRING UP YOUR SCORE IF YOU There is no limit to the number of times you can take an SAT II test All scores will be reported to the colleges of your choice You shouldn’t worry if your first score isn’t as high as you would like Admissions officers take into consideration a range of scores 8 WHETHER AND WHEN YOU SHOULD TAKE THE SAT II: LITERATURE. .. poetry and prose So turn the page and get started Stop first at pages 9 13 and read the “Practice Plan for Studying for the SAT II: Literature Test.” RED 5 ALERT RED ALERT SCORING THE TEST Test-Taking Strategy To make the most of the test, you will need to pace yourself See Chapter 1 for some strategies for pacing The SAT II: Literature Test is scored on a scale of 200 to 800 You are probably thinking...RED ALERT 3 THE SAT II: LITERATURE TEST COVERS DIFFERENT GENRES Study Strategy See Chapters 2 and 3 for more about analyzing prose and poetry All the selections in the SAT II: Literature Test come from works of English and American literature written from the Renaissance to the present The works represent poetry, fiction, nonfiction,... THE COLLEGES TO WHICH YOU ARE APPLYING Not all colleges require SAT II: Subject Tests, so check the catalogs and Web sites of the colleges to which you are applying in order to see which tests, if any, they require Some colleges may require SAT II: Subject Tests for admission, whereas others may use the tests for placement The SAT II: Literature Test is administered six times a year: October, November,... sixty multiple-choice questions on the test The College Board breaks the time frame of the literature used in the test into the following periods: • 30 percent is based on literature of the Renaissance and 17 th century; • 30 percent is based on literature of the 18 th and 19 th centuries; • 40 percent is based on literature of the 20th century The information about the test says that students are not expected... characteristic of certain periods and certain authors, you will be able to successfully analyze pieces you have never seen before 4 THE SAT II: LITERATURE TEST ASKS ONLY MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS Study Strategy See Chapters 2 and 3 for specific information about answering questions on poetry and on prose Peterson’s: www.petersons.com The SAT II: Literature Test does not contain an essay section The test is made... increase your score by a point IF you have an idea about which choice is correct, why not act on it? RED 8 ALERT Peterson’s SAT II Success: Literature RED ALERT Week 4 Lesson 1 • Take Practice Test 1 and complete the self-scoring process • Compare the score for Practice Test 1 to your score on the Diagnostic Test • Read the “Answers and Explanations” for all the questions regardless of whether you... may be able to wait until May or June of your senior year RED 4 ALERT Peterson’s SAT II Success: Literature RED ALERT Even if the schools to which you are applying do not require the test, it may be helpful for you to add the score to your other documents Because courses may vary widely from school to school, the SAT II: Subject Tests provide a degree of comparability among student grades 9 ALL INFORMATION... a particular Subject Test is comparable to the same scaled score on any other edition of the same test.” This is one element of the comparability that helps colleges in evaluating students’ Subject Test scores The scaled scores assign a value to each raw score For example, the middle range of scores for an SAT II: Literature Test may look like this: 37 36 35 34 33 630 620 620 610 600 You receive 1 . the Test 1 10 Facts About the SAT II: Literature Test 2 Scoring High on the SAT II: Literature Test 6 Practice Plan for Studying for the SAT II: Literature Test . . . 9 The Panic Plan 13 Why Take. Set 11 2 Answers and Explanations 11 4 Chapter 4 A Quick Review of Literary Terms 11 7 Chapter 5 A Quick Review of Usage 12 9 Practice Test 1 137 Answers and Explanations 15 8 Practice Test 2 17 1 Answers. Explanations” Diagnostic Test 17 Practice Test 1 137 Practice Test 2 17 1 Practice Test 3 209 Practice Test 4 245 Practice Test 5 2 81 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE viii Peterson’s SAT II Success: Literature TABLE