| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·Theoretical significance | 第11-12页 |
| ·Practical significance | 第12页 |
| ·Thesis Layout | 第12-14页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第14-24页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric and its Development | 第14-15页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric and Argumentative Writing | 第15-17页 |
| ·Empirical Studies of Chinese-English Contrastive Rhetoric | 第17-22页 |
| ·Qualitative and quantitative studies of contrastive rhetoric | 第18-19页 |
| ·Some remarkable studies of contrastive rhetoric | 第19-22页 |
| ·New Direction in Contrastive Rhetoric Studies | 第22-24页 |
| 3. Theoretical Frameworks | 第24-30页 |
| ·Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis | 第24-25页 |
| ·Kaplan's Contrastive Rhetoric and the Expanded Theories | 第25-28页 |
| ·Kaplan's theory | 第25-27页 |
| ·Expanded theories | 第27-28页 |
| ·L1 and L2 Writing,and Language Transfer Theory | 第28-30页 |
| 4. Research Methodology | 第30-40页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第30页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30-31页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第31-38页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第38-40页 |
| ·Identification and categorization | 第38页 |
| ·Calculation and comparison | 第38-40页 |
| 5. Results and Discussion | 第40-56页 |
| ·Rhetorical Features on Sentence Level | 第40-42页 |
| ·"Passive voice" vs. "Active voice" | 第40-41页 |
| ·"Personal" vs. "Impersonal" | 第41-42页 |
| ·"Parataxis phenomenon" | 第42页 |
| ·Rhetorical Features on Paragraph Level | 第42-44页 |
| ·Rhetorical Features on the Level of Thesis Theme | 第44-46页 |
| ·The placement of thesis statement | 第44-46页 |
| ·"Writer-responsible" or "reader-responsible" style | 第46页 |
| ·Rhetorical Features on Text Level | 第46-51页 |
| ·Logical structures of the texts | 第47-48页 |
| ·Rhetorical inclinations of the text | 第48-51页 |
| ·New Findings in This Study | 第51-53页 |
| ·The combination of inductive and deductive pattern | 第51页 |
| ·Linear style overwhelming | 第51-52页 |
| ·More directness in thesis themes | 第52-53页 |
| ·Lesser emotional appeals in rhetorical inclination | 第53页 |
| ·Possible Causes of the New Findings | 第53-56页 |
| ·First language transfer | 第53-54页 |
| ·Classroom instruction | 第54-55页 |
| ·Low English competence | 第55-56页 |
| 6. Conclusion | 第56-60页 |
| ·Summary of the Research Results | 第56-58页 |
| ·Implications for Writing Instruction | 第58-59页 |
| ·Limitation and Suggestions for Future Research | 第59-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-62页 |
