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Elena-2011 [213]
3 years ago
11

When an author creates a paradox like "near miss", he is using a(n)?

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2 answers:
Soloha48 [4]3 years ago
5 0
<span>When an author creates a paradox like "near miss", he is using an oxymoron. An oxymoron is a two-word paradox. It is a figure of speech that combined two opposing terms to make a paradoxical means by using a rhetorical effect.</span>
podryga [215]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

An oxymoron. An oxymoron is a two word paradox, examples near miss, seriously funny

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