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  • 12-02-2016
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What is a paradox? and an Oxymoron?

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Haydenhill1
Haydenhill1 Haydenhill1
  • 12-02-2016
Paradox; a statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.

Oxymoron; a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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Risa290
Risa290 Risa290
  • 06-10-2018

An Oxymoron is two opposites used in the same sentence e.g. the shop was busy, but now it is empty

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