An oxymoron is a combination of words that contradict each other.

"Act Naturally" is an oxymoron.
If you are acting, you are not being natural.  If you are natural, you are not acting.

 Think:
Here are some other oxymorons.
Think about how the words contradict each other.
Discuss with your friends why these oxymorons are funny.
Draw a picture of an oxymoron or write an explanation of what a particular
oxymoron means. (Give it to Mrs. Edwards if you want it to be on this page.)

Here they are:
almost exactly
alone together
Civil War
clearly misunderstood
down escalator
Good grief!
half empty
half full
jumbo shrimp
long sleeved T-shirt
minor disaster
non-stop flight
"Now, then . . ."
old news
original copy
partially completed
plastic glasses
pretty ugly
rolling stop
rush hour
same difference
second best
small crowd
taped live
terribly pleased
unacceptable solution