Question

Read each sentence and decide if it is a paradox or an oxymoron. Explain the meaning of the paradox or oxymoron. 1. The scientist assured his assistant that, though the lab was messy, there was a method to his madness. 2. Before signing off at the end of his show, the deejay announced that there would be a guest host the next morning.

Answer 1

Number one is a paradox, number two an oxymoron. For number two it says 'guest host' and those are opposites, so it's an oxymoron. For number one he's saying 'there's a method to his madness' which is self contradictory.

Answer 2

Answer:

The first sentence is a paradox because it uses the phrase “method to his madness.” The word madness usually implies that there is no order, but the scientist's messiness or lack of order made sense and seemed orderly to him.

The second sentence is an oxymoron because the words guest and host have opposite meanings, but a guest host is a host who is a guest at a radio station who anchors or moderates a program just once or for a short period of time.- Directly from Plato

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