Oxymoron

1.What is an oxymoron? It's a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous seemingly self-contridictory effect.

2.What are some examples?

Open Secret,Vegetarian Meatball,Cleary Confused,Found Missing,Seriously Funny,Deafening Silence,Tragic Comedy,Pretty Ugly,Free Love,Living Dead. []

3. What is the difference between Oxymoron and a Contradiction? An Oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongrous words. Contradiction []

4.What are the oxymorons in Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech? beacon light of hope , flames of withering injustice joyous daybreak long night of their captivity crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination ; island of poverty vast ocean of material prosperity ; to cash a check architects of our republic signing a promissory note to fall heir defaulted on this promissory note bad check; a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds ." tranquilizing drug of gradualism dark and desolate valley of segregation sunlit path of racial justice quicksands of racial injustice solid rock of brotherhood sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent whirlwinds of revolt foundations of our nation satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred bright day of justice []


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