The phrase from the text that is an oxymoron is "safety scissor." An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction. "Safety" and "scissor" can be seen as contradictory because scissors are typically sharp and potentially dangerous, while "safety" suggests the absence of danger.
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Gunther’s first day teaching kindergarten was best described as controlled chaos. By afternoon, there was paint in places Gunther could never have 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?
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minor crisis
minor crisis
art mishap
art mishap
safety scissor
safety scissor
toilet jam
toilet jam
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