vocab by Christopher Thomas https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras Made with ♥ en-us 2016-12-05 12:48:58 UTC 2023-03-14 02:05:44 UTC hello@padlet.com The word is oxymoron [ok-si-mawr-on, -mohr-] thomaschristopher https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/141712223 2016-12-05 12:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/141712223 The girl was "clearly confused" about the topic that the teacher was attempting to teach. thomaschristopher https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142258516 2016-12-07 12:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142258516 a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” thomaschristopher https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142258584 2016-12-07 12:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142258584 thomaschristopher https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142258929 2016-12-07 12:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142258929 Antonyms and Synonyms thomaschristopher https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142258976 A: N/A
S: Figure of speech, image, trope, figure]]> 2016-12-07 12:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142258976 thomaschristopher https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142259232 I haven't actually experienced it, but the Great Depression was a very famous oxymoron, because the two words of the Great Depression are opposites of each other. Sort of like Jumbo Shrimp, Open secret, Passive Aggressive, Big Baby, etc. ]]> 2016-12-07 12:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/thomaschristopher/ijgn54qbcras/wish/142259232