PART I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SAT LITERATURE TEST
All About the SAT Literature Test
About the Literature Test
When to Take the Test
Scoring
Test-Taking Strategies for the Literature Test
Test-Taking Strategies for the Literature Test
Diagnostic Test: Literature
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
PART II. TOPIC REVIEW FOR THE LITERATURE TEST
Chapter 1 Literary Terms
Alliteration ? Allusion ? Argument ? Blank Verse ? Character ?
Dialect ?
Dialogue ? End StoppingEnjambment ? Figurative Language ?
Free
Verse ? Hyperbole ? Iambic Pentameter ? Imagery ? Inference ?
Main Idea ?
Metaphor ? Meter ? Mood ? Narrator ? Paraphrase ?
Personification ?
Plot ? Point of ViewPerspective ? Rhyme—Exact Rhyme and Slant
Rhyme ?
Rhythm ? Setting ? Simile ? Sonnet ? Speaker ? Summary ?
Symbolism ?
Theme ? Tone
Chapter 2 Fiction
The Novel and the Novella ? Structure of the Novel ? History of
the Novel’s
Development ? The Short Story ? Structure of the Short Story ?
History of
the Short Story’s Development
Chapter 3 Nonfiction
The Autobiography ? The Essay ? The Speech
Chapter 4 Poetry
Poetic Structure ? Types of Poems ? Literary Elements in Poetry
? History of
Poetry’s Development
Chapter 5 Drama
Structural Elements of Drama ? History of the Drama’s
Development
PART III. EIGHT FULL-LENGTH PRACTICE TESTS
Practice Test 1
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
Practice Test 2
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
Practice Test 3
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
Practice Test 4
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
Practice Test 5
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
Practice Test 6
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
Practice Test 7
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
Practice Test 8
Answer Key
Answers and Explanations
How to Calculate Your Score
Literary Resources