<p>I've gotten an 800 on CR twice, but I got a 710 when I took the Lit test because I didn't prepare for it at all. They are similar, but lit is much more involved than CR.</p>
<p>I got a 770 on both the CR and the Lit exam. In my experience, to do well on them both means to "know the test". CR is more logic based--you can almost always find the answer explicity stated in the passage. As everyone has said, Lit is more inference based. The first practice tests I took went poorly because I made different inferences about the passage than the test makers. Both my view and theirs could usually be supported by the passage, so I had to train myself to recognize what "kind of view" the test makers would have. Oftentimes on the Lit exams, I would see at least two answer choices which I could justify, so it just comes down to knowing which one is "more right" according to the CollegeBoard. I only got that down with practice. </p>
<p>Also, the Lit exam contains harder passages, like poetry, plays, and archaic excerpts about taxes or social structure or other such topics from 18th century writers that add a 'y' and/or 'e' to the spelling of every other word.</p>