Question

a. match words from the first column with words from the second to create common oxymorons.

1. icy a. estimate
2. bitter b. sweet
3. jumbo c. memory
4. exact d. hot
5. forgettable e. shrimp

b. now create oxymorons of your own by adding opposite words or ideas to those presented here. for example: respectfully disobedient

1. bright
2. truly
3. completely
4. large
5. pretty

Explanation:

An oxymoron is a figure - of - speech that combines contradictory terms. For part A, we match based on common oxymoron pairings. For part B, we create new oxymorons by pairing opposite - meaning words.

Answer:

A.

1. d. hot (icy - hot is a common oxymoron)
2. b. sweet (bitter - sweet)
3. e. shrimp (jumbo shrimp is an oxymoron as "jumbo" means large and "shrimp" is small in common perception)
4. a. estimate (exact estimate is an oxymoron as "exact" implies precision and "estimate" implies approximation)
5. c. memory (forgettable memory is an oxymoron as "forgettable" means likely to be forgotten and "memory" is something that should be remembered)

B.

1. bright dark
2. truly false
3. completely incomplete
4. large small
5. pretty ugly