| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-11页 |
| List of Figure and Table | 第11-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research motivation | 第13页 |
| ·Research significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第14页 |
| ·The organization of the thesis | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-27页 |
| ·A Survey of theories related to this research | 第17-22页 |
| ·Definitions of rhetoric | 第17-18页 |
| ·Classifications of rhetoric | 第18页 |
| ·Categories of figures of speech | 第18-19页 |
| ·Functions of figures of speech | 第19-20页 |
| ·Speech Act Theory: perlocutionary effect | 第20-22页 |
| ·Previous studies on political speeches at home and abroad | 第22-25页 |
| ·Previous studies on political speeches abroad | 第22-23页 |
| ·Previous studies on political speeches at home | 第23-24页 |
| ·Political speeches and rhetoric | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design and Methodology | 第27-31页 |
| ·Research questions | 第27页 |
| ·Data collection | 第27-28页 |
| ·Research method and procedures | 第28-29页 |
| ·Working classifications of figures of speech in this study | 第29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Four Results Presentation and Discussion | 第31-55页 |
| ·Results presentation of the research | 第31-34页 |
| ·Result Discussion: realization of perlocutionary effect through figures of speech | 第34-54页 |
| ·Persuading through phonetic figures of speech | 第34-38页 |
| ·Persuading through syntactical figures of speech | 第38-47页 |
| ·Persuading through lexical figures of speech | 第47-54页 |
| ·Summary | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第55-59页 |
| ·Summary of the Major Findings | 第55-56页 |
| ·Implications of the research | 第56页 |
| ·Limitations of the research and suggestions for future study | 第56-59页 |
| Bibliography | 第59-63页 |
| Appendix | 第63-65页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第65-66页 |
