Oxymoron and usage

A combination of words with contradictory meanings (meanings which seem to be opposite to each other).  For example, ‘an open secret’

• Sarcasm

• Oxymoron 

• Rythym

• Symbol

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Explain the concept of oxymoron with an example.

• Happy and sad

• The concept of oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'jumbo shrimp' or 'bittersweet.'

• Sweet and sour

• Big and small

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Robin Hood was an honest thief.

• pun

• oxymoron

• simile

• metaphor

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Friendly fire.

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Neither

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Which of the following is not an oxymoron?

• bittersweet
• civil war
• still moving
• pretty ugly

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There was such a joyful sadness in her beautiful face. What is the oxymoron?

• Beautiful Face
• Such a
• Joyful Sadness
• Beautiful 

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Act naturally

• Oxymoron
• Euphemism

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The comedian was seriously funny. The underlined sentence has an example of an oxymoron (T or F).

• True

• False

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Which of the following is not an oxymoron?

• bittersweet
• civil war
• still moving
• pretty ugly

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What is the following an example of?

Jumbo Shrimp

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

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