10 The Trial That rocked the World

In the evening the poor wounded boy was taken to that experienced doctor, who by applying some poisonous concoction of crushed leaves to his left eye, succeeded in blinding him! He is very generous indeed.
Oxymoron
--- a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms are combined to produce an epigrammatic effect. Forms: 1) adj. +n. sick health True Lies painful pleasure loyal deceit
4) n.+n.
a love-hate relationship a life-and-death struggle a fire-water state 5) adv. + p.p changelessly changing deliciously aching 6) p.p + n. speaking silence loving hate
2. the whole for the part The birds are singing to welcome the smiling year. The TV is out of order. 3. material for the thing made Nowadays more and more people have a liking for cotton. At dinner, I would have some grape.
Forms: 1. descriptive adj. I spoke to them in hesitant French. 2. compound adj. People listened with open-mouthed astonishment. 3. descriptive noun The United States has now set up a loneliness industry.
I despise its very vastness and power. It has the poorest millionaires, the littlest great men, the haughtiest beggars, the plainest beauties, the lowest skyscrapers, the dolefulest pleasures of any town I ever saw.
2. homonyms
We must all hang together, or we shall all hang separately. ---What do lawyers do when they die? ---Lie still. Why is an empty purse always the same? ---Because there is never any change in it.
Synecdoche / Metonymy


1. The poor fellow had five mouths to feed. 2. He has a big mouth.
Sarcasm:
--- a cutting remark, a verbal sneer. Sarcasm pretends to disguise its meaning, but does not intend to be misunderstood. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Appreciation
The whole piece is written in the form of self account with coherence. From the beginning about the description of the atmosphere in the court, to the description of the verbal battle between the prosecution and the defence, and to the end of the trial, a sense of fervour, merriment and sarcasm is felt throughout the whole piece. Even the description of the activities by different people outside the little court is so vivid, vigorous and lively. The writecal devices to enhance the vividness of the language in conveying the message.
Synecdoche:
---when a part is substituted for the whole or the whole is substituted for a part 1. a part for the whole More hands are needed at harvest time. Walls have ears.
2) adj. + adj. (+n.)
bitter-sweet memories poor rich guys a cold warm embrace an honest unscrupulous merchant 3) adv. + adj. falsely true conspicuously absent a wisely stupid idea a mercifully fatal blow
Summary
This text describes the highlights of the trial, which is popularly known as the “monkey trial”. The defendant, John Scopes, who was a high school science teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was accused of breaking the law by teaching evolution. In the court, the counsel for his defence, the famous lawyer Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone launched a verbal attack on the prosecution headed by William Jennings Bryan, who was the mouthpiece of the fundamentalists. Though at last John Scopes was convicted guilty, the battle Darrow and Malone fought in the little court drew the attention of the people all over the country. It brought changes in the U.S. and pave the way for the spreading of the concept that people should be allowed to express their ideas freely.
Figure of speech:

Pun: a play on words, the use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more meanings or different associations, or the use of two or more words of the same or nearly the same sound with different meanings, so as to produce a humorous effect.
Ridicule:
---instance of being made fun of. It implies laughter mingled with contempt. They‟ll be wanderin‟ in any time now, sir,-with Old Grape „n‟ Guts leadin‟ the pack. Bryan mopped his bald dome in silence.
7) v. + adv.
shine darkly die merrily 8) p.p + n. a vanquished victor a disillusioned hopeful 9) n. + of + n. the feather of lead sickness of health
Learn to use oxymoron
4. present participle They prolonged the clasp for the photographers, exchanging smiling words. 5. past participles An awed hush fell upon the bystanders. 6. prep. The Grapes of Wrath