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A-Z: General definitions: Oxymoron
Definition
A Figure of speech in which two apparently opposite words or ideas are put together as if they were in agreement.In literature, words are used in a non-literal sense much of the time, to make the language striking and persuasive. Sounds are also carefully arranged to have certain effects. This is all figurative language.
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