8.SI.1.1-+Oxymoron

What is an oxymoron?


 * An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side; a compressed paradox.

What are some examples of oxymoron?

little giant, born dead, current history, brief speech.
 * Big baby, awfully nice, clearly confused, climb down, bad luck, least favorite, terribly good,

What is the difference between an oxymoron and a contradiction?


 * Paradox: a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.
 * Oxymoron: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness).

List all of the oxymorons/metaphors in Kings speech "I Have A Dream"


 * beacon light of hope
 * flames of withering injustice
 * joyous daybreak
 * long night of their captivity.
 * crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination;
 * island of poverty
 * vast ocean of material prosperity;
 * to cash a check
 * architects of our republic
 * signing a promissory note
 * to fall heir.
 * defaulted on this promissory
 * note
 * bad check; a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
 * insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.
 * cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.
 * tranquilizing drug of gradualism
 * dark and desolate valley of segregation
 * sunlit path of racial justice;
 * quicksands of racial injustice; solid rock of brotherhood;
 * sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent
 * invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
 * whirlwinds of revolt
 * foundations of our nation
 * bright day of justice
 * who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice.
 * satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred
 * [desert] state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression,
 * oasis of freedom and justice
 * hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
 * jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

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