Juxtaposition Paradox and Oxymoron

Identify the figurative language:

“I can resist anything but temptation.”

• Oxymoron

• Irony

• Paradox

Identify the figurative language:

I am nobody.

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the figurative language:

Everybody knew about it, it was an open secret!

• Paradox

• Irony

• Oxymoron

Identify the figurative language:

In times like this, less is more.

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

Identify the figurative language:

After the accident occur, there was a deafening silence.

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the figurative language:

A marriage counselor filed for divorce.

• Paradox

• Irony

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the figurative language:

Oh, he's so beautiful--such a beautiful disaster

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Identify the figurative language:

A pilot with a fear of heights

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Identify the figurative language:

"I know one thing; that I know nothing."

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Irony

Identify the figurative language:

We traveled out east to avoid the Michigan cold and drove right into a surprise snow storm out east.

• Irony

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A