{"id":55163,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/what-is-the-difference-between-an-oxymoron-and-antithesis"},"modified":"2017-08-16T13:19:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T13:19:31","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-an-oxymoron-and-antithesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/what-is-the-difference-between-an-oxymoron-and-antithesis\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between an oxymoron and antithesis?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An oxymoron<\/b> is a phrase that uses two contradictory or opposing terms, while an antithesis<\/b> is a device that presents two contrasting ideas in a sentence (but not in the same phrase).<\/p>\n

An oxymoron<\/b> is a figure of speech in which two contradictory or opposing ideas appear in the same phrase. It is used to a point more subtly – for humour or for reflection – than by using a direct reference. For example:<\/p>\n

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  1. The rising moon over the city dump presented a beautifully ugly<\/b> scene.<\/li>\n
  2. To accept death rather than dishonour was the only choice<\/b> available.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    An antithesis<\/b> is a literary device that uses two contrasting or opposing ideas in a sentence to create a contrasting effect. The presence of the two opposing ideas is to bring out a deeper meaning by drawing the attention of the listener\/reader and through emphasis. For example:<\/p>\n

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    1. That’s one small step<\/b> for man, one giant leap<\/b> for mankind.<\/li>\n
    2. United<\/b> we stand<\/b>, divided<\/b> we fall<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      An oxymoron is a phrase that uses two contradictory or opposing terms, while an antithesis is a device that presents two contrasting ideas in a sentence (but not in the same phrase). An oxymoron is a figure of speech in Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}