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2 January, 23:38

Which of the following sentence contains an oxymoron?

A. "Take a big sip of this lemonade," Jacobs grandmother cried out.

B. Before the tornado reached the house, it tore through the orchard.

C. Staring off in the distance, Jenny thought l, I'm going to be all right.

D. "The horse needs someone to take care of it." Mom reminded me.

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  1. 2 January, 23:50
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    The correct option for this question is:

    A. "Take a big sip of this lemonade," Jacobs grandmother cried out.

    An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together. In this case "big sip" is the combination, since usually a sip is small, so a big sip sounds like something contradictory.
  2. 2 January, 23:57
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    The answer is A because "big sip" is an oxymoron because it's a phrase that contradicts itself. Because a sip is small and he has to take a big one. It's like
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