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08:23, 07 марта 2013

Oxymoron-Understatement-Hyperbole

Oxymoron – (from Greek – “wittily foolish”) a figure of speech in which incongruous or seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side.

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Oxymorons from Everyday Life

  • Great Depression
  • Cruel to be kind
  • Pain for pleasure
  • Clearly confused
  • Beautifully painful
  • Original copy

Sentence Examples with Oxymorons

"I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief." - Charles Lamb

"I am busy doing nothing."

"I am a deeply superficial person." - Andy Warhol

Purpose of Oxymorons

-Dramatic Effect

-Adding Flavor to Speech

-For Entertainment

Understatement – is when something is said that is far less than what is true.

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Examples

"It's a bit yellow" - while describing a very yellow canary.

"There is some music by Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony" - while describing Beethoven's famous work.

"The desert is sometimes dry and sandy" - While describing the driest desert in the world.

Hyperbole – (from Greek – “overshooting”) is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. It is like the opposite of “understatement.”

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Examples

“I’ve told you a million times”

“It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”

“She is so dumb, she thinks Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company”

 
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