Rando Calrissian
You may not be able to smell what he is cooking, but you should be able to see him coming from a long distance away. Weighing in at 260lbs and towering at 6'5, this man is known by many as the Brahma Bull
The Rock
Straw man
Betty down the street is known for often having a skewed, "distorted" view of reality. Those who have taken this class might be familiar with the particular name of these types of distortions.
Cognitive distortions
T/F: In order for a piece of art (music, movies, stories, poetry, etc.) to be considered “good,” it must communicate a Christian message.
False
This is the name of the main character of the Lego Movie, whose name is translated "Truth" in Hebrew
Emmet
What fabric derives its name from the French for "cord of the king"?
Corduroy
If you break your diet and have one cookie tonight, you will just want to eat 10 cookies tomorrow. Soon enough, you’ll be eating McDonald’s everyday, you will have gained tons of weight, and you’ll have diabetes.
Slippery Slope
Betty down the street is difficult to talk to because she's assumes that everyone is nice to her just because her husband is a city alderman. She assumes that all her neighbors motives are actually aimed at trying to have a good reputation with her husband.
Mind Reading
T/F: “Non-Christian” art cannot communicate truth in any way.
False
According to the school of philosophical thought known as existentialism, existence precedes this
Essence
How many sides does a heptagon have?
7
"When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff." -- Cicero
Ad Hominem
Betty thinks everything everything is either this way or that way; either everyone is for her OR they are against her.
Dichotomous Thinking
T/F: “If all truth is God’s truth, when we tell the truth, we are pleasing the heart of God. When we make things that are beautiful, we resonate with creation.”
True
This is a rhetorical tool that is used to point out the absurdity or incorrectness, etc. of something. It often manifests itself as saying one thing, while actually meaning the opposite of what is actually being said
Irony
In Egyptian mythology, who is the god of the underworld
Osiris
I do not have headaches before geometry class.
I get headaches after geometry class.
Geometry gives me headaches
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
"After this, therefore because of this"
Betty is so pessimistic. She assumes that everything is always going to be the worst. Her neighbors are never going to decorate for the holidays the way that they should; they will not remember her birthday; they aren't going to care about her or her family...
Negative filtering
In "The Life You Save...," the main character, Tom Shiftlet is head to this southern town
Mobile, AL
This French existentialist philosopher wrote a book known as The Plague; this book was a popular read during the quarantine, unlike his short story about a mythical man who was eternally condemned by the gods to roll a big rock up a hill.
Albert Camus
These areas of study comprise the five parts of the acronym TAKES
Theology
Anthropology
Knowledge
Ethics
Salvation
Oh you’re not in favor of full body scanners at the airport? What are you in favor of? Letting terrorists onto airplanes?
False dichotomy
Betty is prepared for the worst. In fact, she can't stop talking about the catastrophes that are bound to happen eventually: like her house burning down or her husband not being an alderman anymore, or her dog running away
This is the technical term for the idea that a piece of art may have many different interpretations; some of which might even conflict with and contradict another. (hint: we saw it in DHMIS)
This the name that Jean Paul Sartre used to describe the sensation that one feels as they become conscious of living a meaningless life in a meaningless world
Absurd