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Dewey Decimal Number: 820.76 EAN: 9780375762680 Edition: 4th ISBN: 037576268X Label: Princeton Review Manufacturer: Princeton Review Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: September 17, 2002 Publisher: Princeton Review Release Date: September 17, 2002 Studio: Princeton Review Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The Princeton Review realizes that acing the GRE Literature Test is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don't try to teach you everything there is to know about literature–only the techniques you'll need to score higher on the test. There's a big difference. In Cracking the GRE Literature Test, we'll teach you how to think like the test writers and ·Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you ·Raise your score by focusing on the material most likely to appear on the test ·Study our brief summaries of major literary works and figures ·Review our introduction to literary terms, verse forms, and schools of criticism This book includes one full-length, practice GRE Literature Test. All of our practice questions are like the ones you’ll see on the actual GRE Literature Test, and we fully explain every solution. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very Helpful When Used CorrectlyI found this book very helpful in my preparation for the GRE Literature Subject Test. I feel compelled to point out, in response to other reviews I've seen of this book, that it is not intended to be an all-in-one study guide. Buying this book and expecting to see a page-by-page breakdown of the GRE subject test and exactly what will be on it will only lead to disappointment. If it is used as per its intent, however, it can be invaluable. It's entirely true that the book does not cover ... Read More Rating:  - Half of What You NeedUnfortunately, this is the only study guide for the GRE Literature Test that I know of (the other is just a collection of practice tests). While I felt it helped me prepare for the GRE, I think it needs updated, especially the literary theory. There were numerous questions about literary critics and their books not mentioned even in passing in this book. Many of the older writers are barely on the test, like Chaucer. Urging students to review their Norton is a helpful suggestion and the practice test ... Read More Rating:  - go to the source - crack the nortonsWhy waste your time with this secondhand method of test prep when what you need is in the splendid Norton Anthologies? Testimonial: I am a grad school applicant to programs in English literature who took no English literature courses as an undergrad (I satisfied lit req's by taking courses in lit in translation). By reading the Nortons for a few hours a night for several weeks - concentrating my efforts on the major authors - I was able to get a very good score on the GRE Lit exam. To do well on the ... Read More Rating: - Not perfect, but then what study guide CAN be?Contrary to the previous two reviewers, I did find that using the Princeton Study guide helped me in my preparation for and approach to the GRE Subject test. It is true that many of the emphasized texts did not appear on the version I took (no "Ulysses" or "Second Coming", "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" or Herrick's Julia poems), but quite a few were there, and the clues this book offered to spot such works (e.g. Pepys' diary, the distinctions between J.S. Mill and Cardinal Newman) helped me rack up more ... Read More Rating: - Poor Test PrepI recently took the GRE Literature Exam and I used the Princeton Review book as my main test prep. I memorized nearly everything that Princeton Review suggested and I must say that I am quite disappointed The actual ETS exam dealt with perhaps 5% of what Princeton Review suggested that I cover. Princeton Review stresses the importance of Herrick, Wordsworth, Jonson, and Marlowe. Out of 230 questions, there were practically no questions on these authors. The rest of Princeton Review's targeted studying ... Read More 
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