Oxymoron (grammar lesson)


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Oxymoron - Glossary of Terms

Oxymoron

An oxymoron is the use of words in which two contradictory terms are combined.

Examples:

act naturally / jumbo shrimp / four-ounce pound cake / rock opera / non-working mother

Interactive example:

It is a very dark draught beer, but they serve it in plastic glasses. [show me an oxymoron]

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Glossary of grammatical terms

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