Literacy is the ability to understand written, visual, auditory, emotional information. The ability to gain new ideas, and shared common learning. It may be the most important skill to have in this age of technology and communication, seeing as how much of our learning and contact is based upon written text. How literate you are determines how available you can be for acquiring knowledge, and even respect you gain from a society that expects it.
I love that your definition moved outside of just being able to read words on a page. Like Dr. Delony said, the world we live in emphasizes all types of literacy. I think it would be great if you expounded on your definition, especially going into detail on visual, auditory, and emotional literacies.
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