SAT考试(Scholastic Assessment Test)是由美国大学委员会(College Board)组织的“学术水平测验考试”，是美国高中生进入美国大学的标准入学考试。SAT考试成绩是美国大学唯一能够得到的、可以比较来自不同地区和学校学生的成绩，所以对录取与否及奖学金多少的影响非常大。美国3600余所大学都接受SAT考试成绩。

本书全面覆盖SAT II文学考点，专家点拨解题思路，直击正确答案，倾囊相授解题技巧，直击正确答案，7套全真模拟试题，提高应试技能。

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 Stopping/Enjambment·Figurative Language·Free

Verse·Hyperbole·Iambic Pentameter·Imagery·Inference·Main Idea·

Metaphor·Meter·Mood·Narrator·Paraphrase·Personification·

Plot·Point of View/Perspective·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. SiX 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

Literary Resources