Oxymorons are seriously fun business! Your fifth graders will have fun making oxymorons by matching contradictory words, as well as crafting unique sentences as they practice using these antithetical phrases in their writing.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Discover the interesting and sometimes humorous world of oxymorons with this fun maze activity!

After completing this worksheet, you’ll know oxymorons inside out!

Bring opposites together to form oxymorons in this worksheet on figurative language!