Identifying and Using Oxymorons

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses self contradictory terms back to back.

• True
• False

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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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What is the Oxymoron

• Icy Hot

• Award Winning

• Similarly alike

• double clone

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What is the Oxymoron

• A lot is enough

• Happy Tears

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What is the Oxymoron

• Quietly yelling

• Running, jogging

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Which three are the Oxymorons

• Opposites attract

• Giant mouse

• Autumn, Fall

• Mud Bath

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Which one is the oxymoron

• Sand, Rock

• Plastic Glass

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What is the Oxymoron in the sentence: The small crowd gathered around us.

• gathered around

• small crowd

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