Question

.19) ____ an oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two synonyms to convey a certain idea.

Explanation:

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms (not synonyms) to create a rhetorical effect, e.g., "deafening silence" (deafening and silence are contradictory). So the statement is false.

Answer:

The statement is false. An oxymoron combines two contradictory terms (not synonyms) to convey an idea, e.g., "bittersweet" or "living dead".