1. Rhetorical Sovereignty: “The rights and responsibilities that students have to identify their own communicative needs and to represent their own identities” (Selfe 618).
Selfe wants to empower the students to think on their own to find their own style. Finding their style means that they should be made aware of different mediums for their communication as tools they would be able to use in the future.

2. Aural Text: “They often found the texts of television and radio, which involved the aural presentation of information, to resonate more forcefully than the written texts of historical eras” (Selfe 631).
Aural can be simply defined as sound, which traditionally is the opposite of text. Using the two together creates a juxtaposition, but even so has been shown to reinforce the information. This could be used as a powerful tool for teachers in their classrooms.

3. Digital Networks: “Have provided routes for the increasing number of communications that now cross geopolitical, cultural, and linguistic borders” (Selfie 367).
Our world is a digital one and to understand aural/written literacy, understanding digital communication is necessary. Since people from different classes, races, and power have access to digital technologies, it has affect literacy across the world. Large organizations do not only just use print as a means of communication, but other mediums as well. Digital networks help to establish a connection between people with common interest.