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1、AdvancedEnglishBookOneTheTrialThatRockedtheWorldByJohnScopesV.Writingtechniques&Languagefeatures(I)Writingtechniques:1.Flashback:partofafilm,play,etc.thatshowsasceneearlierintimethanthemainstory2.Descriptionofadebate:theoratorialdebatebetweenDarrowandBryan(II)Languagefeatures:Useofrhetoricalde
2、vices:1.Metaphor:Metaphorisapartofspeechinwhichonethingisdescribedintermsofanother;…Acomparisonisusuallyimplicit,whereasinsimileitisexplicit:1)WhenIwasindictedonMay7,noone,leastofallI,anticipatedthatmycaseswouldsnowballintooneofthemostfamoustrialinU.S.history.2)BythetimethetrialbeganonJuly10,o
3、urtownof1,500peoplehadtakenonacircusatmosphere.3)“That’sonehellofajury!”5)Darrowwalkedslowlyroundthebakingcourt.(alsoHyperbole)6)WhenMalonefinishedtherewasamomentaryhush.ThenthecourtbrokeintoastormofapplausethatsurpassedthatforBtyan.7)NowDarrowspranghistrumpcardbycallingBryanasawitnessforthede
4、fence.8)Theoratorialstormthat…,bringinginitswakeanewclimateofintellectualandacademicfreedomthathasgrownwiththepassingyears.2.Parallelism:astructuralarrangementofpartsofasentence,sentences,paragraphs,andlargerunitsofcompositionbywhichoneelementofequalimportancewithanotherissimilarlydevelopedand
5、phrased.1)“Thereisneveraduelwiththetruth,”heroared.“Thetruthalwayswins---andwearenotafraidofit.ThetruthdoesnotneedMr.Bryan.Thetruthiseternal,immortal,andneedsnohumanagencytosupportit.”(also:Repetition:arhetoricaldevicereiteratingawordorphrase,orrewordingthesameidea,tosecureemphasis.)2)Morethan
6、2,000spectatorssatonthewoodenbenchesorsquattedonthegrass,perchedonthetopsofparkedcarsorgawkedfromwindows.3.Simile:afigurebofspeechinwhichasimilaritybetweentwoobjectsisdirectivelyexpressed.1)Resolutelyhestrodetothestand,carryingapalmfanlikeaswordtorepelhisenemies.2)TheoratorialstormthatClarence
7、DarrowandDudleyMaloneblewupinthelittlecourtindaytonsweptlikeafreshwindthroughtheschoolsandlegislativeofficesoftheUnitedStates,…4.Irony:afigureofspeechinwhichtheactualintentisexpressedinwordswhichcarrytheoppositemeaning.1)Afterawhile,iti
