Prompt 1-Literacy

    According to Webster’s Dictionary, literacy is defined as "a person with knowledge of a particular subject or field." In How to Read Literature like a Professor, Foster defines literacy as "a person that has knowledge of a certain area and expands it to make it grow." Though these definitions are not the exact same, they are similar in regarding that literacy has to do with knowledge of a particular subject. A person becomes more and more literate each day as they become more experienced in the subject with they are impassioned. The path to literacy can last a lifetime. Individuals become more educated every day and as their knowledge expands they uncover new ideas and perspectives and evolve their thought processes.

     One becomes literate through exposure, practice, and repetition. A person can also become literate by reading up on their subject. Reading is one of the most common and important ways to expand knowledge. This being said, one must understand the information that they are absorbing in order to truly get something beneficial from the words they are reading. Reading alone is not enough, however. Reading knowledge must be paired with experimental knowledge as experience is a key factor to growth. Experience, practice, and repetition combine to further a person’s action literacy. A literate person also allows the opinions of others in order to be the best that they can be. They take criticism from other literate individuals in their field and apply that criticism in a positive manner.