Question

Please give all the oxymorons in Mrs Packletide's tiger chapter

Answer 1

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combine normally -contradictory terms.
the story mrs packletide's tiger has a number of oxymorons.like
i.elaborate carelessness
ii.venerable herd-robber
iii.pardonably annoyed
iv.disagreeably pleasant

Answer 2

An oxymoron is a figure of speech which depicts the words which are in itself contradicting. For example plastic glass and bittersweet. These are used to create drama and make the readers think to laugh or not.

In the story Mrs. Packeltide's Tiger example of oxymoron are:

• Elaborate carelessness
• Venerable herd robber
• Disagreeably pleasant laugh
• Immeasurably nearer
• Pardonably annoyed
• Gladly connived
• Over-much risk