Which sentence is an oxymoron? a. to have peace, we must go to war. b. a glass can be viewed as either half full or half empty. c. the lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients. d. spies do not dress like spies. e. though the lab was messy, there was a method to his madness.

The correct answer is C. The lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients.

Explanation:

An oxymoron is a literary device in which two concepts that are contradictory by nature are put together, usually in the same sentence or by placing one beside the other. This is commonly used to include paradox and create a deeper sense. In the case of "The lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients" this is the only sentence from the options given that contains an oxymoron, because the words "deceptively honest" are contradictory and also this are place together to describe the attitude of the lawyer which also derives into a paradox as being honest means saying the truth but being deceptive is the opposite.

a. both connotative and denotative.