Oxymoron

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

two oxymorons to demonstrate the duality that exists within Perry and how he was easily coaxed into murdering the family. While in Mexico, Perry and his companions conversate whilst in a boat: “While Perry sang, Otto sketched him in a sketchbook. It was a passable likeness, and the artist perceives one not very obvious aspect of the sitter’s countenance--its mischief, an amused, babyish malice that suggested some unkind cupid aiming envenomed arrows” (Capote, 119.) The use of the two oxymorons, babyish

The Social Media Oxymoron            Social Media might be the best worst thing to ever happen to our current times. Social Media is defined as websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. The premise of social media was to help young adults or business owners to network in order to build a following. The term has become very broad in recent times. For many, the term means social applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,

The Drug War: An Oxymoron What if I told you that a crusade against narcotics has resulted in an overdose epidemic? This has been exactly what the United States Drug War has done. The War on Drugs is considered to have started in 1914 with the ban on opium and cocaine. Prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s is considered to be an important chapter of the War on Drugs. But it was not until June 1971 that President Nixon officially declared a "war on drugs." He enforced this by drastically expanding federal