Part One
Chapter 1 What Is Rhetoric?
1.1 Rhetoric and oratory
1.2 Conntation of rhetoric
1.3 Definitions of rhetoric
1.4 Five assumptions
Exercises
Chapter 2 Brief History of Western Rhetoric
2.1 Classical rhetoric
2.2 Rhetoric in the Middle Ages
2.3 Rhetoric in the Renaissance
2.4 New Classical Rhetoric
2.5 Contemporary rhetoric
2.6 Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 3 The Importance of Learning English Rhetoric
Exercises
Part Two
Chapter 4 Choice of Words
Chapter 5 Choice of Sentences
Part Three
Chapter 6 Introduction:Figures of Speech
Chapter 7 Phonetic Figures of Speech
Chapter 8 Syntactic Figures of Speech(I)
Chapter 9 Syntactic Figures of Speech(II)
Chapter 10 Semantic Figures of Speech
Chapter 11 Logical Figures of Speech
Appendix A A Genaral Test on Figures of Speech
Appendix B Keys to the Exercises
Appendix C Answers to General Test on Figures of Speech
Bibliography
Index