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Oxymoron Fun!

A worksheet for Grade 1 students to learn about and identify oxymorons in simple sentences.

Grade 1 ELA GrammarLanguage and VocabularyLanguageFigurative LanguageOxymoron
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5.a

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oxymoronfigurative languagevocabularyELAgrade 1
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Oxymoron Fun!

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Hello, young word detectives! An oxymoron is when two words that mean opposite things are put together. It makes a silly and surprising phrase! Read each sentence and circle the oxymoron.

1. The   silence in the room was loud.

a

quiet

b

loud

c

soft

d

happy

2. The giant was a   shrimp.

3. The movie was a   tragedy.

4. Can you think of two words that mean opposite things but sound funny together?

5. 'Pretty ugly' is an oxymoron.

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True

F

False