Noticeably Absent Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Heeyyy y'all! I came across this sentence: He was there for you, yet at the same time he was inaccessibleand was wondering what stylistic device that was! Now it is not an oxymoron, as far as I know? or is it?Is it a juxtaposition?or something else I can't think of? 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingStar16 Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) I think it's a paradox because it seems contradictory but when you actually think about it, it can be true as well. Edited September 10, 2015 by ShootingStar16 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noticeably Absent Posted September 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 I think it's a paradox because it seems contradictory but when you actually think about it, it can be true as well. See I was thinking that it definitely wasn't a paradox, because it seems to be true for both statements in the sentence. Hm.... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingStar16 Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 irony? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noticeably Absent Posted September 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 irony? No, I think it is a juxtaposition, but I am not sure.. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackcurrant Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 It's not a stylistic device really. It's more useful to think of it in terms of the rhetorical. If nothing else (or if anything) you could discuss it in terms of a sense of balance (balanced sentence) or antithesis. 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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