The third lie is the Out-and-Out Lie, which telling something that everyone knows is a lie. As the screenwriter Ericsson puts it, “At least when this sort of lie is told it can be easy to confronted”(479). The essence of her argument is that it is easy for the liars to argue with the person who is being lied to because those liars are already have the prove before they try to act like they do not know anything. I had used this type of lie many times when I was a high school student. For example, my friend once borrowed my pen during math period, and he putted it in his backpack after he had done with his work. However, I had seen him putting it in his backpack but I did not tell him that he has taken my pen. Instead of that, I asked him where
