Answer: B
Explanation:
"icy" when describing a person's attitude or personality means cold, rude, etc, but a smile is usually happy and warm.
Personally I don't think it's an oxymoron- it's definitely possible to do a rude, fake smile. But B is what an oxymoron is- two words that are opposite in meaning and shouldn't technically be used together- like "awfully good" or "bittersweet."
I have found this question online. The lines it refers to are:
"The sled and traveler stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm."
Answer:
The lines develop the theme that a life momentarily delayed means a loss of control in the following manner:
B. They contain examples of how a snowstorm slows down human activity and forces people to accept it and work around it.
Explanation:
The lines above belong to the poem "The Snow-Storm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. They beautifully show how nature cannot be controlled by man. When a snowstorm hits, there is nothing people can do. They must simply sit safely somewhere and wait for it to pass. They have no control over the storm's intensity or over how long it will last. Their lives are delayed by the storm and all they can do is accept it. With that in mind, we can choose letter B as the correct answer:
B. They contain examples of how a snowstorm slows down human activity and forces people to accept it and work around it.
My friend, Alex, plays tennis.
My = possessive pronoun
friend = subject
Alex = an appositive (which is a noun that renames another noun right beside it) -- though not an adjective, it functions like one to explain which friend
plays = verb
tennis = direct object
hope this helps :)
