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PARADOX  FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
A statement that appears on the surface to be contradictory or impossible, but is actually a truth.  An extended Oxymoron An Oxymoron where the opposing words or ideas DO NOT appear side by side.  WHAT IS A PARADOX?
Less is More  In marriage, two people become one yet remain two. I am nobody To bring peace we must war. Someday you will be old enough to be young again. The deceiver claimed, “All men are liars” Cowards die many times before their deaths PARADOX EXAMPLES

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Figurative Language - Paradox

  • 2. A statement that appears on the surface to be contradictory or impossible, but is actually a truth. An extended Oxymoron An Oxymoron where the opposing words or ideas DO NOT appear side by side. WHAT IS A PARADOX?
  • 3. Less is More In marriage, two people become one yet remain two. I am nobody To bring peace we must war. Someday you will be old enough to be young again. The deceiver claimed, “All men are liars” Cowards die many times before their deaths PARADOX EXAMPLES