Oxymoron

Definition

• Figures that binds together two words 
• that are ordinarily contradictory. 
• When the words are next to each other 
• evokes some measure of truth.

Why Does it Work?
It works because when the two words contradict they make the meaning true.

"You know, this moment right here, it's -- it's unbelievably believable. You know, it's unbelievable because in the moment, we're all amazed when great things happen. But it's believable because, you know, great things don't happen without hard work."
-Robert Griffin III
Heisman Speech

I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief." - Charles Lamb

"A joke is actually an extremely really serious issue."
-Winston Churchill

My Example
When he started playing baseball he was an experienced beginner.

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work cited

• http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/examples-of-oxymorons.html
• http://americanrhetoric.com/figures/oxymoron.htm