Definition:
Oxymoron is a significant literary device as it allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner. An oxymoron is an interesting literary device because it helps to perceive a deeper level of truth and explore different layers of semantics while writing.
Example:
Sometimes we cherish things of little value.
He possessed a cold fire in his eyes.
Is “The brightness of the snow was more intense, it seemed to be burning icily” an oxymoron? Please help!!!
burning icily is the oxymoron, they are right next to each other
Is “Shy liking” an oxymoron
don’t think so
what about “Unmade plans”, could that be considered an example of an oxymoron.
you did a terrible thing, it doesn’t make you a terrible person ? oxymoron or paradox ?
Is, “You should not think of him as a person… [he] is a loving father” an oxymoron? (Those two sentences are about 15 lines apart)
No
is cooking it frozen an oxymoron
“Be the man he was… (Pause. The silence shouts)”
born to die
would he was dead silent be an oxymoron
No cause generally the words silent are used to describe death, also they aren’t contradictions.
Late one night
In broad day light
Two dead boys
Got up to fight
Back to back
They faced each other
Drew their swords,
And shot each other
A deaf police man
Heard the noise
Came and shot
The two dead boys
If you think this lie is not true, ask the blind man because he saw it too!
-credit to my grandpa because this is the version he would always tell me when I was a kid 😀
that is actually nice
thats really good and poetic
nice
is Love is a spirit all composed of fire one? love and fire
Does “there is not honor in honor killings “ is an example ?
is ‘so beautiful that it was almost sad’ an oxymoron?
It’s more of a paradox, I would say.
Commonsense is not common
oxymoron?
yes
Uncouth burdens an oxymoron?
No
Commonly Uncommon.
oh yeah
can it be a sentence like the man win the competition although he is a fool
Bitter sweet
oxymoron
deafening silence
loud silence
Oxymoron: A phrase that doesn’t make sense yet does make sense.
Barbaric splendor an oxymoron?
Is perfect quiet an oxymoron?
No because perfection doesn’t contradict a state of quietness, you could say, “a cacophonous quiet’
would a loud silence work for that?
Absolutely. The volume of “loud” contradicts the state of “silence”, which we inherently view as quiet or mute.
Dumb waiter? Not specifically speaking of the kitchen specific service elevator in a a hotel/restaurant…I’m a Chef, and worked with multitudes of idiot servers…so perhaps ‘smart’s waiter would be the actual oxymoron here…or, am I the moron?😬🤔😆
Isn’t that a metaphor tho?
no