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Sarcasm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | #Rhetoric #Irony 

Sarcasm

Sarcasm is the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. "The distinctive quality of sarcasm is present in the spoken word and manifested chiefly by vocal inflections". The sarcastic content of a statement will be dependent upon the context in which it appears.

Sarcasm is the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.[1] "The distinctive quality of sarcasm is present in the spoken word and manifested chiefly by vocal inflections".[2] The sarcastic content of a statement will be dependent upon the context in which it appears.[3]

 

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Sarcasm is the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.[1] "The distinctive quality of sarcasm is present in the spoken word and manifested chiefly by vocal inflections".[2] The sarcastic content of a statement will be dependent upon the context in which it appears.[3]

 

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Oxymoron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | #Paradox

Oxymoron

An (usual plural oxymorons, less commonly the Greek-style oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory. Oxymorons appear in a variety of contexts, including inadvertent errors (such as "ground pilot") and literary oxymorons crafted to reveal a paradox.

The most common form of oxymoron involves an adjectivenoun combination of two words. For example, the following line from Tennyson's Idylls of the King contains two oxymorons:

And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.

Other examples of oxymorons of this kind include:

 

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The most common form of oxymoron involves an adjectivenoun combination of two words. For example, the following line from Tennyson's Idylls of the King contains two oxymorons:

And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.

Other examples of oxymorons of this kind include:

 

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