A literacy event is a specific experience with reading or writing that has remained in your mind because of its importance or impact. The event probably involves you personally, but it may also be something that happened to someone else and you observed it. A literacy event often happens in school, but it may also happen on the job, with friends and family, even at the Department of Motor Vehicles. It may involve paper or electronic communication. A literacy event may be funny, sad, embarrassing, rewarding, or surprising, but it's always memorable.