Which words in this quote about personal essays from author barry lopez are examples of oxymoron?

it is, i think, the rarest of leisure, hard work mixed with hard pleasure, to refine one's time of deep thought or light regard into the utterly self-absorbed and equally and abundantly outward-seeking shape of the personal essay—a story comprised of found fact, of analyzed emotion, of fictive memory.

a. hard work
b. hard pleasure
c. deep thought
d. outward-seeking

The words from Barry Lopez's quote about personal essays that are examples of Oxymorons is B) hard pleasure.

As it's known an Oxymoron is a figure of speech which contains words that seem to contradict each other; with the purpose of adding a dramatic effect, adding flavor to speech or just creating a humorous effect.

That's why it's right to state that option B is a true example of this kind of figure speech.

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as soon as he got the money, the stranger ran off without a word. true or false?

this statement is true!

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