Oxymoron


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What is an oxymoron? - An oxymoron is a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in" Cruel Kindness" or to make haste slowly".

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Daniel, Austin, and Terrance Gunnery. "Oxymorons." //Fun-with-words//. Esosoft Corporation, 28

Feb. 1999. Web. 4 Jan. 2012. .

10 examples of oxymorons.
 * Open Secret
 * Pretty Ugly
 * Bad Luck
 * Same difference
 * Butt head
 * Good Grief
 * Great Depression
 * Hot Chilli
 * Freezer Burn
 * Larger Half

-What is the difference between oxymoron and contradiction? An oxymoron is a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in" Cruel Kindness" or to make haste slowly". A contradiction is the opposite of something.

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Wake Forest University P. O. Box 7408. //Martin Luther King I Have a Dream//. Wake Forest

University, 3 Mar. 1986. Web. 4 Jan. 2012.

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-What are some oxymorons in Martin Luther King's Speech "I have a Dream"? Martin Luther King used "creative suffering" in his speech. Creative suffering is an oxymoron. Martin Luther King also said " In a sense, we’ve come to our nation’s capital to **cash a check.**