Which of the following sentences contains an oxymoron?
A. The snake that slithered into the Smith's house was an uninvited guest.
B. He gave me the run-around before finally confessing the entire truth.
C. He gorged on the delicious pizza until his belly was as tight as a drum.
D. The rain poured down in buckets and drenched everyone at the picnic

Question

Which of the following sentences contains an oxymoron? 
A. The snake that slithered into the Smith's house was an uninvited guest.
B. He gave me the run-around before finally confessing the entire truth.
C. He gorged on the delicious pizza until his belly was as tight as a drum.
D. The rain poured down in buckets and drenched everyone at the picnic

Vocaloid · Answer

thoughts?

recall that an oxymoron is a phrase in which contradictory/opposing words are placed together, like "loud silence." with that in mind, which of the sentences do you think might have an oxymoron? I can help you out further if you're still unsure.

RodrigoGuevara · Answer

An oxymoron is a self-contradicting word or group of words (as in Shakespeare’s line from Romeo and Juliet, "Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!").

This should be rather simple.  Which of those phrases do you believe best applies to an oxymoron?