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Question

Gunther's first-day teaching kindergarten was best described as controlled chaos. By afternoon, there was a paint in places Gunther could have never predicted- including, somehow, on the ceiling. But the art mishap did not even rank very high, comparatively, on the minor crisis scale. Pitted against happenings such as the safety scissor haircut, the toilet jam extravaganza, and the great lunch spill of 12:33... few events could clear the high bar of being worthy of specific notice.
Which phrase from the text is an oxymoron?
a toilet jam
b art mishap
c minor crisis
d safety scissor

Answer 1

The phrase from the text that is an oxymoron is d safety scissor. An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two seemingly contradictory terms appear together. In this case, "safety" and "scissor" imply that they are made to be safe, but scissors are typically associated with cutting, which can be dangerous.