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Rhetoric Period Seven
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Oxymoron
Oxymoron:
Figure that binds together two words that are ordinarily contradictory.
Example:
"Jumbo Shrimp"
is an oxymoron because
"jumbo"
means large and
"shrimp"
means small.
"Jumbo"
and
"shrimp"
are contradictory words.
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