Oxymoron

Oxymorons 1) What is an Oxymoron? An **oxymoron** (plural oxymorons or oxymora) (from Greek ὀξύμωρον, "sharp dull") is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms 2) What are some examples? List at least 10 examples Jumbo Shrimp, extremly average, same difference, living dead, bad health, calculated risk, wise fool, cruel to be kind, deafening silence, open secret. 3)What is the difference between an oxymoron and a contridiction? An oxymoron is something that combines something with what its not. Like Jumbo Shimp, shrimp is small not big. A contradiction is a fact or statement that questions or disproves an existing one. It is a logical conflict or incongruity, or one that cannot be reconciled with another. (A "contradiction in terms" is something that seems to contain self-contradictory elements, as in an oxymoron.) Example : "The crime scene analysis was a direct contradiction of the suspect's version of the events." 4)What are some oxymorons in Martin Luther Kings speech "I have a Dream"?

beacon light of hope flames of withering injustice. joyous daybreak long night of their captivity. crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination; island of poverty vast ocean of material to cash a check. architects of our republic signing a promissory note to fall heir. note defaulted on this promissory note bad check; a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. tranquilizing drug of gradualism dark and desolate valley of segregation sunlit path of racial justice; [] []
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