A oxymoron is a combination of 2 words that seem to be the opposite of each other.
A contradiction is when you say two or more things that cannot both be true.

  1. A fine mess
  2. Agree to disagree
  3. Bitter sweet
  4. Baggy tights
  5. clean toilet
  6. Clear as mud
  7. Dry ice
  8. Devilish angel
  9. Educational tv
  10. Extra ordinary


  1. beacon light of hope
  2. flames of withering injustice
  3. joyous daybreak
  4. long night of their captivity
  5. crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination
  6. island of poverty
  7. vast ocean of material prosperity
  8. to cash a check
  9. architects of our republic
  10. signing a promissory note


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