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2002 Thomson Peterson SAT II Literature About Peterson’s To succeed on your lifelong educational journey, you will need accurate, dependable, and practical tools and resources. That is why Peterson’s is everywhere education happens. Because whenever and however you need education content delivered, you can rely on Peterson’s to provide the information, know-how, and guidance to help you reach your goals. Tools to match the right students with the right school. It’s here. Personalized resources and expert guidance. It’s here. Comprehensive and dependable education content—delivered whenever and however you need it. It’s all here. Editorial Development: Sonya Kapoor Turner For more information, contact Peterson’s, 2000 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648; 800-338-3282; or find us on the World Wide Web at www.petersons.com/about. COPYRIGHT © 2002 Peterson’s Previous edition, © 2001 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, or information storage and retrieval systems—without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission to use material from this text or product, complete the Permission Request Form at http://www.petersons.com/permissions. ISBN 0-7689-0959-7 Printed in the United States of America 10987654321040302 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “Address to the Graduating Class” from ESSAYS, SPEECHES AND PUBLIC LETTERS by William Faulkner, edited by James B. Meriwether. Copyright 1965 by Random House, Inc. Used by permission of Random House, Inc. and The Random House Group Ltd. “The Soul selects her own Society” reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of Amherst College from THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, Thomas H. Johnson, ed., Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Copyright 1951, 1955, 1979 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College. “July Storm” from DOWN HALF THE WORLD by Elizabeth Coat- sworth. Copyright 1968 by Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster. “Night Clouds” from THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF AMY LOWELL. Copyright 1955 by Houghton Mifflin Co. Renewed 1983 by Houghton Mifflin Co., Brinton P. Roberts and G. D’Andelot Belin, Esq. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Co. All rights reserved. “There’s a certain slant of light” reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of Amherst College from THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, Thomas H. Johnson, ed., Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Copyright 1951, 1955, 1979 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Peterson’s: www.petersons.com iii CONTENTS Quick Reference Guide .............................. vii Table of Literary Works.............................. ix Red Alert Top 10 Strategies for Acing 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 the Diagnostic Test? ........................... 15 Diagnostic Test........................................... 17 Answers and Explanations..................... 37 Chapter 1 Strategies for the SAT II: Literature Test ............................. 53 Chapter 2 Elements of Prose ......................... 63 Practice Set ................................... 86 Answers and Explanations..................... 90 Chapter 3 Elements of Poetry ........................ 93 Practice Set ................................... 112 Answers and Explanations..................... 114 Chapter 4 A Quick Review of Literary Terms ...... 117 Chapter 5 A Quick Review of Usage ................ 129 Practice Test 1............................................ 137 Answers and Explanations..................... 158 Practice Test 2............................................ 171 Answers and Explanations..................... 193 Practice Test 3............................................ 209 Answers and Explanations..................... 221 Practice Test 4............................................ 245 Answers and Explanations..................... 268 Practice Test 5............................................ 281 Answers and Explanations..................... 305 Peterson’s: www.petersons.com v QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Analyzing Poetry Chart............................... 106 Analyzing Prose Chart................................ 84 Analyzing the Questions: Strategies for Determining Answers ....................................... 60 Attacking the Questions: Practical Advice ............... 59 Basic Information About the SAT II: Literature Test....... 54 Character and Characterization in Poetry ............... 103 Character and Characterization in Prose ................ 79 Elements of Style: The Poet’s Techniques ............... 100 Elements of Style: Language Use in Prose ............... 77 ForminPoetry...................................... 95 ForminProse...................................... 69 Meaning in Context ................................. 104 Meaning and Message in Poetry ....................... 94 Meaning and Message in Prose ........................ 65 Organizational Patterns in Prose ....................... 72 Reading Effectively: Techniques for the SAT II Poetry Selections...................................... 108 6 IMPORTANT STRATEGIES 1. Highlight the key words in the question so you will know what you are looking for in the answer choices. 2. With a not/except question, ask yourself if an answer choice is true about the subject of the question. If it is true, cross it off and keep checking answers. 3. If you aren’t sure about an answer, but you know something about the question, eliminate what you know is wrong and make an educated guess. 4. All parts of an answer choice must be correct for the answer to be correct. 5. Don’t rely on your memory; refer to the passage. For poetry, read a line or two above and below the reference. 6. Read all the choices before you choose your answer. A snap judgment could cost you a quarter point. Peterson’s: www.petersons.com vii QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Reading Effectively: Techniques for the SAT II Prose Selections...................................... 81 Tone in Poetry...................................... 97 Tone in Prose ...................................... 73 VoiceinPoetry..................................... 98 VoiceinProse...................................... 75 For additional review material, be sure to read the “Answers and Explanations” Diagnostic Test ................................. 17 Practice Test 1.................................. 137 Practice Test 2.................................. 171 Practice Test 3.................................. 209 Practice Test 4.................................. 245 Practice Test 5.................................. 281 viii Peterson’s SAT II Success: Literature TABLE OF LITERARY WORKS The following list represents all the works of literature discussed in this book: DIAGNOSTIC TEST Robert Burns, “My Heart’s in the Highlands” .................. 20 William Faulkner, “Address to the Graduating Class, University High School, Oxford, Mississippi”....................... 23 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Splendor Falls” .................. 26 Henry David Thoreau, from Civil Disobedience ............... 28 Emily Dickinson, “The Soul selects her own Society—”......... 31 William Shakespeare, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream ...... 33 CHAPTER 2 Thomas Paine, from The Crisis.............................. 86 CHAPTER 3 William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 29” ........................... 112 PRACTICE TEST 1 William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18” ........................... 140 Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Self-Reliance .................... 142 Elizabeth Coatsworth, “July Storm” .......................... 145 Amy Lowell, “Night Clouds” ................................ 145 Charles Dickens, from Great Expectations.................... 148 Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Spring” ........................... 151 Abigail Adams, “Letter to Her Daughter from the New White House”.............................................. 153 William Blake, “Holy Thursday” ............................. 156 PRACTICE TEST 2 Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, from the third essay of Letters from an American Farmer ............................ 174 Robert Browning, “My Last Duchess” ........................ 177 Paul Laurence Dunbar, “Douglass”........................... 181 James Boswell, from “Feelings” in The Life of Samuel Johnson . 183 William Cullen Bryant, “To a Waterfowl” ..................... 186 George Herbert, “Easter Wings”............................. 188 Charlotte Brontë, from Jane Eyre ........................... 190 Peterson’s: www.petersons.com ix TABLE OF LITERARY WORKS PRACTICE TEST 3 Oliver Wendell Holmes, “Old Ironsides”...................... 212 John Bunyan, from “Vanity Fair” in Pilgrim’s Progress ......... 215 Edgar Allan Poe, “Eldorado” ................................ 218 William Blake, “London” ................................... 220 William Wordsworth, “London, 1802” ....................... 220 Mark Twain, “Advice to Little Girls” ......................... 223 Christina Rossetti, “A Birthday” ............................. 226 Charles Dickens, from Hard Times .......................... 228 PRACTICE TEST 4 George Gordon, Lord Byron, “The Destruction of Sennacherib”. 248 Mark Twain, from Roughing It ............................
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