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Oxymoron Exercises for Students

The document provides instructions for an activity where students are asked to match words to create common oxymorons like "icy hot" or "bitter sweet". They are then asked to create their own oxymorons by combining opposite words. Examples given include "respectfully disobedient" and "bright dark". Students are also provided a list of words and asked to create oxymorons by adding a word from the list to sentences containing an underlined word.

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Oxymoron Exercises for Students

The document provides instructions for an activity where students are asked to match words to create common oxymorons like "icy hot" or "bitter sweet". They are then asked to create their own oxymorons by combining opposite words. Examples given include "respectfully disobedient" and "bright dark". Students are also provided a list of words and asked to create oxymorons by adding a word from the list to sentences containing an underlined word.

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Oxymoron Practice
Directions: Match the words from the first column with words from the second to create a common oxymoron.

_____ 1. icy A. estimate


_____ 2. bitter B. sweet
_____ 3. jumbo C. memory
_____ 4. exact D. hot
_____ 5. forgettable E. shrimp

Directions: Now create oxymorons of your own by adding opposite words or ideas to those presented here.
For example: respectfully disobedient

1. bright ____________________________________________________________________

2. truly _____________________________________________________________________

3. completely _________________________________________________________________

4. large ______________________________________________________________________

5. pretty _____________________________________________________________________

Directions: Create an oxymoron by writing a word from the box next to the underlined word in each sentence.

random 1. Mason ordered a plate of jumbo ____________________________________.


original
2. I bought a desk that was completely _________________________________.
estimate
whisper 3. Meg sliced the sandwich and gave me the larger _______________________.
awfully 4. We made cookies with _________________________ sweet chocolate chips.
serious
5. It is time for some _____________________________________________fun.
shrimp
misunderstood 6. That shirt is pretty _______________________________________________.
inside 7. I clearly _________________________________what you were trying to say.
bitter 8. Who said that parting is sweet ______________________________________.
minor
9. Speaking in a loud ___________________________, he let us hear the secret.
sorrow
unfinished 10. My day was one _______________________________ disaster after another.
ugly 11. Did you know that your shirt is __________________________________out.
half
12. I have an _________________________________________ copy of the letter.
13. Please make an exact ___________________________ of what you will need.
14. The children arrange themselves in _____________________________ order.
15. That soup tasted ____________________________________________ good.

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