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