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Oxymoron List — Funny Examples of Oxymorons (Oxymora)

Oxymoron List — Funny Examples of Oxymorons (Oxymora)

Vocab Gal | K-12 Vocabulary Blog Vocabuary Activity: Vocabulary Comix Posted on Thu, Apr 10, 2014 I love reading comic strips; I especially love comic strips that include vocabulary words. I have cut out and posted several around my room, and sometimes my students will bring them in for me. However, instead of just waiting for comic strips to appear, I have started asking my students to make their own. However, I’m excited to present an even easier way to have students create comics. Common Core State Standards:Reading Literature/Informational Text Standard 2. Related posts: Memory Create a Car Business Cards Vocabulary Game: You’re on a Roll Posted on Thu, Apr 03, 2014 Students love to play games and be social. Here are the two different ways to play: Option 1: Divide the class into groups of 3-5 (depending on how many dice you have). Option 2: Divide the class into groups of 3-5 (depending on how many dice you have). Notes: You could make a variety of word lists and then have groups switch lists when they finish a round.

15 Oxymorons" An oxymoron is a combination of words that contradict each other. Here are some of our favorites. 1. virtual reality 2. original copy 3. old news 4. act naturally 5. pretty ugly 6. living dead 7. jumbo shrimp 8. rolling stop 9. constant variable 10. exact estimate 11. paid volunteers 12. civil war 13. sound of silence 14. clever fool 15. only choice Helen Davies, Marjorie Dorfman, Mary Fons, Deborah Hawkins, Martin Hintz, Linnea Lundgren, David Priess, Julia Clark Robinson, Paul Seaburn, Heidi Stevens, and Steve Theunissen

Curiosity Quotes Aww, come on. I don’t bite…hard. Aprilynne Pike You’re always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. Richard Bach Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others. Virginia Woolf Sometimes dreaming isn’t enough. Adeline Everything is a tale, Martin. Carlos ruiz zafon It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Nothing important is learned; it is simply remembered. Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink. that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.

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