Oxymoron

use of figurative language along with an oxymoron, alliteration and assonance, and end rhymes. The song, Let Her Go, could stand on its own as poem and make sense. There is an oxymoron and many uses of figurative language in the song Let Her Go. Passenger uses an oxymoron throughout the song in the chorus again, which also includes the title of the song. The lyric that was used is, “Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low”. This is an oxymoron because it contradictory terms, high and

“far too tired” seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth. In another stanza, Adam Young sang “awake when I'm asleep”. This is an example of an oxymoron, because oxymoron is a combination of two words that appear to contradict each other, and by staying awake when asleep is a contradictory between the two terms. The use of oxymoron and paradox is shown throughout the lyric. The purpose is to show that he is awake when asleep at the same time, this will give a clearer idea of him having

one of the most important and classical novel in the twentieth century. Fitzgerald’s novel tells the story about Gatsby trying to relive the past to be with Daisy. The author uses literary elements to portray important themes in the story such as: oxymoron, irony, and symbolism. F. Scott Fitzgerald incorporates certain events in his book by showing us how Gatsby lives his life and what he does for a living. For example, Gatsby is a bootlegger and he sales alcohol in his many “drug stores” which is

Romeo and Juliet Essay One of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies is ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Romeo, the male protagonist, is a thoughtful, sensitive character who comes across as a very non-violent person. He behaves a little immaturely at times (usually under the influence of his cousins) but is generally a very serious person. At the beginning of the play, he seems to be love-sick as he has an unrequited love – better put as an infatuation – for Rosaline from the house of Capulet, but later, in Act

and Juliet is a play about two star-crossed lovers who because of their feuding families, can never be together, and later kill themselves. Through the use of oxymorons, imagery, metaphors and characterisation, Shakespeare conveys the themes of unrequited and fake, contractual, maternal and romantic love. Shakespeare uses tone and oxymorons to express the idea of unrequited and fake love. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo falls “in love” with Rosaline, but Rosaline does not return his love. Romeo’s love

meaning of her poem by placing emphasis on certain words to capture her audience’s attention including repetition, rhyme, allusion, metaphors, paradox, and oxymoron to reveal the central issues of deception while uncovering minor themes of downfall due to pride and spirituality. Hill uses allusion and metaphors throughout

for the business. Often unethical decisions are being made, as long as a company gets result they don’t always care about the strategies or tactics they had to used. When advertising a product or service I feel that the truth in that is also an oxymoron. For example, the advertisement to lose weight without exercising, or lose 6 pounds in one week are most likely to be false which is unethical because you are promising your client something that most likely won’t happen but those lines would get

One of William Shakespeare’s famous and outstanding plays is ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The play tells a story of two ‘star-crossed lovers’, Romeo and Juliet, who belong to two house rivals, which are Montague and Capulet respectively, that meet, get married, and die out of love. In the play, Shakespeare expresses heavily on the conflict, both externally and internally. The major conflict of the play is the feud between Capulet and Montague. However there are other forms of conflict including Juliet’s emotional

War is something gruesome and fatal most people won’t want. With the self-perpetuating violence everywhere, it seems that Earth will never be tranquil. That’s why many people protest to stop this brutality; some of these people are writers. There are different ways writers can protest war. However, the three literary devices writers use to protest war are imagery, irony, and structure. An effective way in which writers can protest war is through vivid imagery. For instance, Document A provides the

October 2014, Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest person to receive this award. In her speech, Malala uses many rhetorical strategies to get her message published. Some of the strategies include: apostrophe, anaphora, oxymoron, hyperbole, and antithesis.