Comedic Devices - Cabarrus County Schools

Title: 3h Oxymoron Example List Author: vlogle Created Date: 10/12/2010 10:24:58 AM

Examples of Oxymorons

One famous oxymoron is the phrase "the same difference " This phrase qualifies as an oxymoron because the words "same" and "difference" have completely opposite meanings Therefore, bringing them together into one phrase produces a verbally puzzling, yet engaging, effect Oxymorons from Everyday Life

Oxymorons - Notes From Mr Snells Office

Oxymorons Remember that an oxymoron is a statement with two parts that seem contradictory Directions: Combine a word from Table A with a word from Table B to create an oxymoron

Oxymoron: Worksheet - Academy 4SC

Oxymoron: An Awfully Good Time - Rhetoric Series Academy 4 Social Change Oxymoron: Worksheet I Identiﬁcation Exercise: 1 In tr ue ﬁction, it’s been said by many a w ise fool that parting is such s weet sorrow Perhaps this b ittersweetness is supposed to comfort me, but your a bsent presence makes

Identifying and Understanding Oxymorons In Shakespeare’s Play

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that joins contradictory terms, such as in It serves to emphasize an idea/concept, or project an image An oxymoron describes when two juxtaposed words have opposing or very diverse meanings Example: In the following quotation, Juliet has just learned that Romeo murdered her cousin, Tybalt, and she vents her

List One (rhetorical strategies) Allegory-

OXYMORON Paradox is a seemingly contradictory Statement which may prove to be well founded Or true upon further analysis Paradox arrests attention and provokes innovative thought Paradox can be created using an oxymoron Oxymoron is apparently contradictory terms that appear in conjunction Oxymoron creates a dramatic effect Oxymoron can be

15 COMMON LITERARY DEVICES REFERENCE SHEET

OXYMORON EUPHEMISM Definition is a word that imitates the sound it represents is when a writer gives human qualities to animals or objects is the repetition of the same consonant sound in words occurring near one another is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning reveals a truth which at first seems