Oxymoron and usage

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses the same kind of terms next to each other.

• True

• False

Which word would create an oxymoron if you added it to the word "good?"

• choice

• decision

• work

• grief

An oxymoron is made up of just TWO words or phrases

• True
• False

figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Zombies are the living dead.

• not an oxymoron

• oxymoron

Which word would create an oxymoron if you added it to the word "good?"

• grief

• beautiful

• choice

• lucky

Which words are an oxymoron?

The tall comedian was seriously funny.

• tall comedian

• seriously funny

One part of an oxymoron phrase is given. Choose the word that best completes the oxymoron.

________ subway

• dirty

• crowded

• defunct

• elevated

• French

Identify the figurative language:

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Irony

Opposite words that appear side by side

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration