oxymorons

1. A oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory or opposing ideas or terms are combined for effect. It can be humorous or just plain silly. 2. Here are some examples: Extinct Life Freezer Burn Living Dead Terribly Pleased Working Vacation Pretty Ugly Sweet Sorrow Diet chocolate-cake Clearly Misunderstood

3. A oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. A contridiction consists of a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions. 4. Some of Martin Luther King's oxymorons are:creative suffering, march ahead, joyous daybreak, solid rock of brotherhood, long night of thier captivity, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice, beacon light of hope,flames of withering injustice, 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 promiisory note, bad check; a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds", insufficent funds in the great vaul is of oppertunity of this nation, cask this check a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice, tranquilizing drug of graduation, dark and desolate valley of segregation, sunlit path of racial justice, solid rock of brotherhood, swelting summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent, invigorating autumn of freedom and equality, whirlwinds of revolt, foundations of our nation, bright day 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, how out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope, jangling discards of our nation into a beautiful sympathy of brotherhood.
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