Finding Your Message From: Reviving the Essay by Gretchen Bernabei Truisms Finding Your Message From: Reviving the Essay by Gretchen Bernabei

Truisms A truism helps you locate and identify one real belief, full of passion and experience, from a prompt. A truism helps you transform a prompt into something of your own, something true, something a reader will sit up and notice. Some truisms will not be real truisms, but will be about specific people or incidents. Truisms are not about specific people or incidents.

Truisms A truism is something that is true about all people in general. Ex: I have a friend named Kanye. (That’s not a truism about all people in general.) Ex: Kids need friends. (That’s a truism; it’s true about all people in general.)

Nobody gets along all the time. Truisms Nobody gets along all the time.

Everybody has sad times. Truisms Everybody has sad times.

Truisms I like sitting by myself.

It hurts a person’s feelings to be left out. Truisms It hurts a person’s feelings to be left out.

Truism Some things don’t last forever.

Sometimes the simplest pleasures in life are the best. Truisms Sometimes the simplest pleasures in life are the best.

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Everybody understands power. Truisms Everybody understands power.

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People create their own punishment. Truisms People create their own punishment.

Create Your Own Truisms You are going to create two truisms of your own – See example to the right. Add a photo to each truism. Make sure the photo fits in with the truism Remember: A truism is something that is true about ALL people in general. It hurts a person’s feelings to be left out.