Oxymorons Quiz

Which of these is the true oxymoron?

• Ugly pretty

• Crispy bacon

• small ant

• old grandma

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Define Oxymoron

• A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Which is not an oxymoron

• Act naturally

• Alone together

• Random order

• Long tall

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Which is an oxymoron

• large big

• small crowd

• running jogging

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True or False: An oxymoron is two words put together that mean the same thing

• True

• False

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Is awfully well a oxymoron

• yes

• NO

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Is large big an oxymoron

• yes

• no

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which quote has an oxymoron inside it

• "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take", Lee Harvey Oswald

• "A joke is a very serious thing", Winston Churchill

• We must learn to live as brothers or we will perish together as fools", Martin Luther King Jr.

• Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, I'm Possible", Audrey Hepburn

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Which is not an oxymoron

• definitely maybe

• growing smaller

• open secret

• You are my sunshine

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Which is an oxymoron

• sweet sorrow

• She's the apple of my eye

• Little shrimp

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