Oxymoron Explorers
A Grade 7 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying, understanding, and creating oxymorons within sentences and literary contexts.
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Read each section carefully and answer the questions to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your understanding of oxymorons.
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. It often creates a surprising or thought-provoking effect. For example, 'jumbo shrimp' is an oxymoron because 'jumbo' means very large, and 'shrimp' refers to a small crustacean.
1. Which of the following phrases is an oxymoron?
Running quickly
Living dead
Bright star
Tall tree
2. In the sentence, 'The silence was deafening during the tense moments before the announcement,' what is the oxymoron?
tense moments
before the announcement
silence was deafening
the silence
Fill in the blank with a word that creates an oxymoron with the word provided.
3. The comedian was serious.
4. We need to find the solution to this problem.
5. He spoke with a whisper.
6. Explain why 'bitter sweet' is an oxymoron. What two contradictory ideas does it combine?
7. Write two sentences, each containing a different oxymoron. Underline the oxymoron in each sentence.
8. An oxymoron always makes a sentence humorous.
True
False
9. 'Open secret' is an example of an oxymoron.
True
False