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When she told us the party was canceled there was a deafening silence? A. Malapropisms B.imagery C. Hyperbole D.oxymoron
oxymoron
When she told us the party was canceled there was a deafening silence? A. Malapropisms B.imagery C. Hyperbole D.oxymoron
oxymoron
The answer is: D.oxymoron.
The oxymoron is a combination of contradictory or incongruous words.
In this example, deafening silence.
Deafening is a noise so loud as to make it impossible to hear anything else.
Silence is oposite of deafening, complete absence of sound.
Other examples are: big baby, original copy, living dead, sweet sorrow, soft rock, pretty ugly.