Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game II. Writing evice Oxymoron a compressed He was deliciously tired.(Para. 39) paradox, formed by the conjoining of two contrasting, contradictory or incongruous terms Here"" and"tired are two contradictory ideas. The author uses the two together in order to convey the idea that although the General is very tired, he has enjoyed himself in playing the game with Rainsford and his illness" boredom" has been driven awa W B TL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game II. Writing Device Oxymoron He was deliciously tired. (Para. 39) a compressed paradox, formed by the conjoining of two contrasting, contradictory or incongruous terms To be continued on the next page. Here “deliciously” and “tired” are two contradictory ideas. The author uses the two together in order to convey the idea that although the General is very tired, he has enjoyed himself in playing the game with Rainsford and his illness “boredom” has been driven away
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game II. Writing evice Oxymoron There are mainly five ways to form an oxymoron. 1.Ad.+N. e.g. cruel kindness, a living death 2. Adj.+ Adj. e.g. sour-sweet memories, cold pleasant manner, the poor magnificent bungler 3. Adv.+ Adj. e.g. falsely true, mercifully fatal W B TL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game II. Writing Device Oxymoron There are mainly five ways to form an oxymoron. 1. Adj. + N. e.g. cruel kindness, a living death 2. Adj. + Adj. e.g. sour-sweet memories, cold pleasant manner, the poor magnificent bungler 3. Adv. + Adj. e.g. falsely true, mercifully fatal To be continued on the next page
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game II. Writing evice Oxymoron There are mainly five ways to form an oxymoron. 4V+ Adv e.g. shine darkly hasten slowly 5。Na+Na e.g. a love-hate relationship the sound of silence W B TL E The end of Writing Device
W B T L E Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game II. Writing Device Oxymoron There are mainly five ways to form an oxymoron. 4. V. + Adv. e.g. shine darkly, hasten slowly 5. N. + N. e.g. a love-hate relationship, the sound of silence The end of Writing Device
Lesson 9-The Most Dangerous Game III. Sentence Paraphrase 1 As you wish, my friend. The choice rests entirely with you. But may I venture to suggest that you' ll find my idea of sport more inte resting than Ivans(Para. 6) It's a polite way to put It's all up to you to forward a proposal, but decide whether to play Zaroff's proposal the game or not. cruel and bloody in nature my idea of amusement or un go to W B TL E
W B T L E Lesson 9—The Most Dangerous Game III. Sentence Paraphrase 1 As you wish, my friend. The choice rests entirely with you. But may I venture to suggest that you’ll find my idea of sport more interesting than Ivan’s. (Para. 6) my idea of amusement or fun It’s all up to you to decide whether to play the game or not. It’s a polite way to put forward a proposal, but Zaroff’s proposal is cruel and bloody in nature. go to 2