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    Oxymoron originates from the Greek word oxumōron, neuter of oxumōros, meaning ‘pointedly foolish.’ An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. The common oxymoronic phrase is a combination of an adjective followed by a noun with contrasting meanings. Oxymoron produces a dramatic effect in both prose as well as poetry. Example: “Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!/O anything, of nothing first create!/O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!/Misshapen

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    Can you believe Jumbo Shrimps aren’t actually Jumbo? This is an example of an oxymoron in real life. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two destined lovers who were  separated by their last name. Oxymorons in the story represent the challenges and difficulty of their love. In Romeo and Juliet many oxymorons are used to show the emotional rollercoaster of love. Love can play with your feelings and change your values and  decisions.     Many challenges arrive with the love of Romeo and Juliet. With

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    even the non-indigenous reader to understand, to feel the physical and psychological realities of poverty-stricken Calvary Hill - every "sweet, twisting, hurting ache"(p. 133) - more intensely , more completely, through his use of paradox. Indeed, oxymorons pepper the pages of his novel, challenging our habits of thought and provoking us into seeking another sense or context in which these self-contradictions may be resolved into truths, truths that are clearly universal yet at the same time inseparable

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    As humans, we are trained to avoid contradiction. Therefore, you don’t say goodnight every morning, and I don’t stand here and tell you my shirt is orange. To contradict oneself is a sure indication of stupidity, laziness, or even a liar. This is engrained, conventional wisdom. Consequently, avoiding contradiction is a fundamental, enduring literary requirement. Significant time, and copious amounts of editing, are commonly dedicated to eradicating continuity errors, thereby producing clear, precise

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    Tan sees that her mother’s speech is “Impeccably broken,”. To be impeccable is to be of the highest standards. To be impeccable is to be faultless; flawless. Tan views her mother’s English to be so flawlessly broken that no one can fix it. This one oxymoron contributes to the entire piece, fitting in the crevices. Tan, at an early age, was ashamed of her mother’s English, the sentence structure and simple word choice, because it was broken. The oxymora in this piece reflect the idea of the stereotypes

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    Oxymoron In Macbeth

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    audience, but not to be a blasphemy. In this extract, however, forces of evil appear to be far more influential than that of good- seen when Macbeth describes how “nature seems dead” in his soliloquy. Here, it could be said that Shakespeare’s use of oxymoron may be used to symbolise the disruption of natural order. It would be unnatural for nature to be ‘dead’ and in a similar way, the act Macbeth is about to commit is also unnatural; it would disturb the norms and values of a highly Christian Jacobean

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    -Oxymorons Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase? –Oxymorons Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? –Oxymorons Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there? –Oxymorons Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them? –Oxymorons Why do you need a background check to own a gun , but not to run a country? -Patriot Humor

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    literature, juxtaposition, paradoxes, and oxymorons are used to reveal certain character traits. Literary devices further develop the character’s personality. To this effect, Shakespeare incorporated literary devices into his works like Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare used paradoxes, oxymorons, and juxtaposition to indirectly reveal character traits of Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence by incorporating them in their speeches. Shakespeare used juxtaposition and oxymorons to reveal that Romeo is a hopeless

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    makes it difficult to manage in one specific way. So how can a manager maximize the creativity of an individual and how can one manage creativity most effectively and collectively? This paper will focus on the idea that managing creativity is not an oxymoron if the right approaches are implemented. Creativity is necessary for new innovation to happen, but a business’s foremost focus is on growth and profit (Howkins, 2002). Managing creativity is the first step to cultivating new forms of innovation.

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    Is Sales-Ethics an Oxymoron? Globalization highlighted the ethical issues and concerns for every individual organization, multinational organizational conduct their operations under ethical code of conduct to confine the issues faced by unethical conducts. Many organizations such as pharmaceutical firms, technological firms and financial firms pay more attentions to ethical behavior to ensure the sales to consumers have been impeccably ethical. However managers pay attention to behavioral ethical

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