Literacy is the ability to read and write.

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magazine article: I’ve written this article and you’re reading it. So we are members of the same club. We’re both literate - we can read and write. Read article

word game: Practise idiomatic expressions using the word 'read' and also phrasal verbs using the word 'write'.

poem: This clever and amusing poem explains why English pronunciation is so very difficult. Read poem

cartoon: "Just sign on the dotted line." "I'm afraid that I'm illiterate." See cartoon

trivia: Proverb: Learn to handle a writing-brush and you'll never handle a begging-bowl. (Chinese) See more literacy trivia

links: Wikipedia: literacy See more links

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