The matching of the quotes is as follows:
"O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!" – John Donne
This quote uses oxymoron, since it is using words that cancel each other out. These words being miserable abundance and begarly riches, together seem contradictory but it does describe correctly.
"What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young." – George Bernard Shaw
This one shows a paradox where it states that young people waste their youth. Makes you think about how a young person would waste their youth still being young.
"I can resist anything but temptation." – Oscar Wilde
This one shows paradox, since it is more than a couple of words, that are describing an action that is contradicting itself. In this case resisting anything but temptation.
"How is it possible to have a civil war?" – George Carlin
This one shows an o 2 oxymoron, since it consts of 2 words that are contradicting eachother. Making us ask ourselves, "How can there be a war that is civil?"
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Answer:
The use of the rhyming words night and light emphasizes the contrast between death and life.
Explanation:
B, you always start off with what the person is doing, then you name who they are, it also grabs attention better
Answer:
A. reserved for another time
Explanation:
The phrase "left in midair" as used in the passage means that something was left undone and pending, waiting for when next it would be used.
According to the passage, a deal was uncompleted, and because of that, and because a compromise could not be reached, it was "left in midair" which means that it was reserved for another time.
