Truisms

Notes (9/17):

Truisms are statements of generally accepted truth. They may often be similar to cliches or commonplace sayings. Truisms can be applied to multiple situations and can provide a framework for developing an essay.

Things to ask yourself about truisms: 1. If a statement is true for me, is it going to be true for everyone? 2. If everyone wrote an essay based on the same truism, would the essays all be alike? 3. How can you use a truism as the basis for writing?



//Assignment for Thursday, 9/18:

Find three pictures that represent a truism. Write the truism for each picture. Choose one to write an additional truism. Save your work to your home folder.//

** Assignment for Friday, 9/19:

Pick one of your truisms from Thursday's lesson and brainstorm examples to support the multiple situations that truism could be applied in. Write an essay explaining your truism with anecdotes (personal stories) to support your statement. Save your work to the Commons folder ->Hand-In ->Shover The file format should be the number of your block + first name + last name + truisms. (Ex. 2joesmithtruisms). Wait until you are completely finished to do this because once saved to the Hand-In folder, you won't be able to access it again. You should also be saving a copy of this to your home folder. **