Oxymorons

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 * 1.What is a oxymoron?** It is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms.

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 * 2.What are some examples?** even odds, alone together, same difference, found missing, only choice,

[] A **contradiction** is when you say two or more things that cannot both be true. [] beacon light of hope flames of withering injustice. joyous daybreak long night of their captivity crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination; island of poverty vast ocean of material prosperity; to cash a check architects of our republic signing a promissory note defaulted on this promissory note bad check; a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
 * 3.What is the difference between an oxymoron and a contradiction?**
 * An oxymoron** is a figure of speech or idea in which apparently **contradictory** terms.
 * 4.What are some oxymorons in Martin Luther King's Speech, "I have a Dream"?**

insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. tranquilizing drug of gradualism dark and desolate valley of segregation sunlit path of racial justice; quicksands of racial injustice solid rock of brotherhood; sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. whirlwinds of revolt foundations of our nation bright day of justice who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. [desert] state sweltering with the heat of injustice sweltering with the heat of oppression, oasis of freedom and justice. jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. []
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