The document defines and provides examples of oxymorons and paradoxes. An oxymoron is a figure of speech that joins two opposite ideas to create an effect, such as "jumbo shrimp" or "living dead." A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a deeper truth, such as "we run individually in a team." While both use contradictory elements, an oxymoron combines contradictory words for dramatic effect but does not make literal sense, whereas a paradox seems to contradict common sense but implies an underlying truth.
The document defines and provides examples of oxymorons and paradoxes. An oxymoron is a figure of speech that joins two opposite ideas to create an effect, such as "jumbo shrimp" or "living dead." A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a deeper truth, such as "we run individually in a team." While both use contradictory elements, an oxymoron combines contradictory words for dramatic effect but does not make literal sense, whereas a paradox seems to contradict common sense but implies an underlying truth.
The document defines and provides examples of oxymorons and paradoxes. An oxymoron is a figure of speech that joins two opposite ideas to create an effect, such as "jumbo shrimp" or "living dead." A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a deeper truth, such as "we run individually in a team." While both use contradictory elements, an oxymoron combines contradictory words for dramatic effect but does not make literal sense, whereas a paradox seems to contradict common sense but implies an underlying truth.
The document defines and provides examples of oxymorons and paradoxes. An oxymoron is a figure of speech that joins two opposite ideas to create an effect, such as "jumbo shrimp" or "living dead." A paradox is a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a deeper truth, such as "we run individually in a team." While both use contradictory elements, an oxymoron combines contradictory words for dramatic effect but does not make literal sense, whereas a paradox seems to contradict common sense but implies an underlying truth.
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Oxymoron? Oxymoron • Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas with contrasting meanings are joined to create an effect. Examples: • Open secret • Tragic comedy • Seriously funny • Awfully pretty • Original copies • Liquid gas • cruel kindness • living death Example sentences: 1. There was a love-hate relationship between the two neighboring states. 2. The contractor was asked to give the exact estimate of the project. 3. The green pasture surrounded by hills was teeming with a deafening silence. 4. Paid volunteers were working for the company. 5. Our English teacher told us a joke that is seriously funny. What is Paradox? Paradox • A paradox is a statement that seems to contradict itself, or seems to go against itself, but may contain a basic or underlying truth when examined more closely. A paradox may be thought of as working against common sense but seems to be true, or state a truth. In some cases, we think of paradoxes as riddles or questions of logic. When a phrase is a paradox, we say it is paradoxical. • Opposing ideas that work together to reveal a truth. Examples: 1. We run individually in the team. 2. I saw it was the beginning of the end. 3. I know that I know nothing. 4. The medicine made me sick before it made me better. 5. My grandmother feels younger as she ages. What is their difference? What is their difference? • It is important to understand the difference between an oxymoron and a paradox. A paradox may consist of a sentence, or even a group of sentences. An oxymoron, on the other hand, is a combination of two contradictory or opposite words. A paradox seems contradictory to the general truth, but it does contain an implied truth. An oxymoron, however, may produce a dramatic effect, but does not make literal sense. ACTIVITY TIME!!! Direction: Below is a collection of paradoxes and oxymoron. Identify each by writing P for paradox or “O” for oxymoron. Answer directly.
1. It’s a definite maybe that Talia
will come to the party. 2. I must be cruel to be kind. 3. There was a deafening silence in the stadium. 4. Robin Hood was an honest thief. 5. No one goes to that store because it is too crowded. 6. She was busy doing nothing.
