Lying and Rhetoric have never been very far removed. Even in its earliest stages, during the classical era, rhetoric was derogatively referred to as "Apate," or an art of lying. In more recent years, with increasing attention to issues of honesty and plagiarism, rhetoricians have sought to "clean up" the image of Rhetoric. This presentation proposes a resurrection of "Apate"in which the strategies of liars are used by students to make their writing more effective. Probable benefits of such an approach include the encouragement of risk-taking, a better understanding of thesis, the development of quick critical thinking skills, and heuristic techniques which free students' minds and are exciting and playful.