Is the phrase "plain surprise" an oxymoron?

Match each literary device to its definition. pun the use of humor and exaggeration to mock or criticize people's impractical thoughts and practices irony the use of words in a way that conveys the opposite of what they mean paradox the use of a word with more than one possible meaning with the intention of creating humor satire ideas or concepts that seem absurd or contradictory but are nevertheless true arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth

In at least two hundred words, discuss why "désirée's baby" is or is not relevant today.

Discuss how social status may align with historical criticism.