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Complete section one of today’s packet,

Journaling.

I am "absolutely unsure"Of oxymorons today.But these phrases get "pretty ugly"Without much delay.

"Small crowd" and "jumbo shrimp"Just to name a few."New antiques," "original copy""Tough love" and "soft rock," too.

It is definitely a "real fantasy"To see oxymorons at work.But it can end up "bitter sweet"Because they will drive you berserk!

So, let's call up that "honest politician"And sing to him "sweet sorrow"But I'm sure it will be to no availSince these oxymorons will be here tomorrow.

Oxymoron the use of contradictory terms for

effect. If used sparingly and appropriately,

the device can add imagery to writing and enhance the emotional effect.

Examples: a wise fool, sad joy, living death, bittersweet, awful good, pretty ugly

Spice it up!

The woman, so racked with pain, couldn't make a sound.

We want the reader to “feel” her pain!

The pain left her nothing but silent screams as it twisted her body with endless agony.

Shakespeare

Shakespeare is well-known for using oxymorons in his plays.

One famous oxymoron appears in Act 3: Scene 4 of Hamlet after Hamlet has killed Pontius.

Hamlet says, “I must be cruel, only to be kind”.

Further Examples

"Parting is such sweet sorrow." ~ Romeo and Juliet

"So foul and fair a day I have not seen!" ~ Macbeth

Romeo is an oxymoron?

O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything of nothing first create! O heavy lightness, serious vanity!Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!

~ Romeo and Juliet

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Write down 5 examples of oxymorons from the video clip.

Explain…

Explain the oxymoron in the following song titles:

1. “Manchild” by Eels    2. “Positive Tension” by Bloc Party    3. “Bad Luck” by Social Distortion

“On The Grasshopper And Cricket”By John Keats

The poetry of earth is never dead:When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,

And hide in cooling trees, a voice will runFrom hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;

That is the Grasshopper's—he takes the leadIn summer luxury,—he has never done

With his delights; for when tired out with funHe rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.

The poetry of earth is ceasing never:On a lone winter evening, when the frost

Has wrought a silence, from the stove there shrillsThe Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,

And seems to one in drowsiness half lost,The Grasshopper's among some grassy hills.

Create Your Own!

Work with your team to list as many oxymorons as you can in 5 minutes. Write them in the space below.

Write a poem about Thanksgiving that uses an oxymoron. Underline your oxymoron.

Theme Stations

Station One: Author’s BackgroundEdgar Allan Poe and Maya Angelou

Station Two: ThemePoe and Angelou

Station Three: Theme Thomas and Shakur

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