| Juxtaposition is the placing, side by
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| | 'frozen ice,' 'sharp point,' 'killed
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| side, of two ideas or items usually for
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| | dead,' 'sandy beach,' 'young child,'
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| the purpose of comparison or contrast.I
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| | 'positive praise,' and 'angry rage' are
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| staged an event at Washington National
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| | pleonasms.Here are some ways you can use
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| Airport where I had a huge 450-pound man
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| | comical juxtaposition in a business world
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| and a very small man (three feet eleven
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| | public speaking engagement:* Use a large
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| inches) dressed as chauffeurs. They were
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| | copy of your company logo or company name
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| waiting at the gate for a man from Japan
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| | on a slide or overhead, or in a drawing
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| arriving for his first visit to the
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| | on your flipchart. Next to it, place
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| United States.To take the comical
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| | extremely small logos or company names of
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| juxtaposition one step further, the small
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| | your competitors. Use this as a greeting
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| man was holding a gigantic sign with the
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| | slide to a meeting or let it pop up as a
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| Japanese man's name on it and the extra
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| | slide or overhead at a strategic point in
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| large man was holding a similar sign,
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| | your presentation. You could draw an
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| except it was about the size of a
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| | outline of a large duck around your
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| business card. Believe me, we had the
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| | company logo and little duckling outlines
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| attention of everyone in the gate area.
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| | around the competition. You could say:
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| What a visual!Now let's look at two
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| | 'Our company was born to lead and the
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| specialized types of juxtaposition:
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| | others were meant to follow.'* Use an
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| oxymoron and pleonasm.OxymoronWarren S.
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| | oxymoron in conjunction with a simile to
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| Blumenfeld, Ph.D., in his book Pretty
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| | drive home the point that something is a
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| Ugly states, 'I {passively tried} to warn
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| | little out of kilter. You could say,
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| you oxymorons had {almost absolutely} no
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| | 'Acme Co. claims that its market share is
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| socially redeeming quality except that
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| | increasing, yet their sales are down
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| they make people {smile out loud} and are
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| | while everyone elses' are up. It's just
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| addictive.' His first book on the subject
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| | like a Jumbo Shrimp. It just doesn't make
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| was called Jumbo Shrimp.According to Dr.
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| | sense.'* Invite a tall person and a short
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| Blumenfeld, ;An oxymoron is two concepts
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| | person on stage when you call for
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| {usually two words} that do not go
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| | audience participation. If you are
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| together, but are used together. It is a
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| | considerably shorter than the tall person
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| bringing together of contradictory
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| | say, 'I don't want you to talk down to
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| expressions.' Terms like 'old news,'
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| | me.' If you are considerably taller than
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| 'extensive briefing,' 'direct
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| | the short person say, 'I don't want you
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| circumvention' and 'random order' are
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| | to feel like I'm talking down to you.'
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| oxymorons. Also concepts like 'an
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| | (be careful that the person you get on
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| advanced state of decline' and 'expecting
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| | stage is not overly sensitive about their
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| a surprise' are
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| | height.
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| oxymorons.PleonasmCombinations like
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