| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| ·Research Objective | 第11-12页 |
| ·A Brief Description of the Quantitative Research Design of This Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·General Organization of This Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Background of This Study | 第15-28页 |
| ·The Beginning of Modern Contrastive Rhetoric | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Theoretical Foundation for Contrastive Rhetoric | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Research Areas of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第18-21页 |
| ·Limitations of Current Contrastive Rhetoric Research | 第21-22页 |
| ·Conflicting Views on Reasons for the Chinese Rhetorical Patterns | 第22-24页 |
| ·Recent Trends of English-Chinese Contrastive Rhetoric Research in China | 第24-26页 |
| ·Main Features of My Study as Presented in This Thesis | 第26-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter 3 Confucian Influence on Chinese Rhetoric and Composition | 第28-40页 |
| ·Essential Rhetorical Assumptions of Confucianism | 第28-30页 |
| ·Major Confucian Principles and Doctrine Related to Rhetoric | 第30-35页 |
| ·Ren (Humanity, Love) | 第30-32页 |
| ·Li (Propriety, Rites) | 第32-34页 |
| ·Zhong Yong (The Doctrine of the Mean) | 第34-35页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Chinese Rhetoric | 第35-37页 |
| ·Rhetorical Styles of Chinese Writing | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Aristotelian Influence on English Rhetoric and Composition | 第40-52页 |
| ·The Development of Western Way of Thinking in Ancient Greece | 第40-41页 |
| ·Major Aristotelian Concepts about Rhetoric | 第41-46页 |
| ·Aristotle's Concept of Causality | 第41-42页 |
| ·Aristotle's Invention | 第42-45页 |
| ·Aristotle's Arrangement of Speech/Writing with Enthymeme and Example | 第45-46页 |
| ·New Rhetoric and Composition after 1970's | 第46-50页 |
| ·Characteristics of the Tradition of English Composition | 第50-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter 5 Quantitative Research on Rhetorical Patterns of English Argumentative Essays by English and Chinese Natives | 第52-74页 |
| ·Description of This Research | 第52-53页 |
| ·Data | 第53页 |
| ·Methodology of This Study | 第53-55页 |
| ·Results and Discussions | 第55-65页 |
| ·Analytical Results | 第55-56页 |
| ·Description of Table 1 | 第56-57页 |
| ·Description of Table 2 | 第57-59页 |
| ·Exemplary Analyses | 第59-65页 |
| ·Analysis of NS Text 47 with Figure 1 and Diagram 1 | 第59-60页 |
| ·Analysis of NNS Text 50 with Figure 2 and Diagram 2 | 第60-65页 |
| ·Interpretation of the Analytical Results and Exemplary Analyses | 第65-67页 |
| ·Major Rhetorical differences between English and Chinese Cultures | 第67-70页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications for Chinese ESL Teachers | 第70-73页 |
| ·Summary | 第73-74页 |
| Conclusion | 第74-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-84页 |
| Appendices | 第84-93页 |
| Resume | 第93页 |
