I need help! My daughter wanted to know what an Oxymoron was last night. After explaining it to her, I could only think of one example...Jumbo Shrimp! Can you help with some more examples for an eight year old?
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http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
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http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/92361 Here is a link to some members responses, I asked the question recently as to personal favorites.
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Military Intelligence?
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Pretty Ugly Almost Exactly Big Baby Baby Giant Bigger Half Bitter Sweet Completed Research Hope these help - try www.OxymoronList.com
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The example our English teacher used at school was from the Wilfred Owen war poem The Send-Off: "Down the close, darkening lanes they sang their way To the siding-shed, And lined the train with faces grimly gay." I'm sure there are better examples, but most people in my class understood what an oxymoron was from that.
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Christian Science Business Ethic Friendly fire Free gift Sure bet Rap artist
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Oxymorons are a proper subset of the expressions called contradictions in terms. What distinguishes oxymora from other paradoxes and contradictions is that they are used intentionally, for rhetorical effect, and the contradiction is only apparent, as the combination of terms provides a novel expression of some concept, such as "cruel to be kind"
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It is a combination of words that are a seeming contradiction. Examples: act naturally, government intelligence, good grief, etc oxymoron One entry found for oxymoron. Main Entry: ox·y·mo·ron Pronunciation: "äk-sE-'mor-"än Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural ox·y·mo·ra /-'mor-&/ Etymology: Late Greek oxymOron, from neuter of oxymOros pointedly foolish, from Greek oxys sharp, keen + mOros foolish : a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements - ox·y·mo·ron·ic /-m&-'rä-nik, -mo-/ adjective - ox·y·mo·ron·i·cal·ly /-ni-k(&-)lE/ adverb http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/oxymoron http://www.oxymorons.info/ http://www.oxymoronlist.com/
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idk either
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deafening silence
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The poor man was wealthy Sweet & Sour sleep alert
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Oxymorons are dumb animals that graze on the high grass in the wet lands of Tibet.
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