Vietnam Literary Journalism Answers

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Which pair of words could be combined into a paradoxical statement?

rough, coarse

blue, green

noise, silence

tart, sour

Which of the following statements is a paradox?

“There is no room for the impurities of literature in an essay.” (“The Modern Essay,” Virginia Woolf)

“This affair must all be unraveled from within.” (The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie)

“Men work together . . . whether they work together or apart.” (“The Tuft of Flowers,” Robert Frost)

Identify the paradox in the passage.

severed youth who were severed from the womb

living men who have knowledge of death

young men who have old minds

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