| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·The Current Situation of Chinese Students' English Writing | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Research Orientation | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Layout of the Thesis | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-32页 |
| ·The Interrelationship between Language, Thought and Culture | 第14-18页 |
| ·Language and Thought | 第14-15页 |
| ·Thought and Culture | 第15-17页 |
| ·Language and Culture | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Differences in the Thinking Patterns of the Chinese and Native Speakers of English | 第18-22页 |
| ·Synthetic Thinking Pattern & Analytic Thinking Pattern | 第19-20页 |
| ·Concrete Thinking Pattern & Abstract Thinking Pattern | 第20-21页 |
| ·Subjective Thinking Pattern & Objective Thinking Pattern | 第21-22页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric | 第22-29页 |
| ·The Definition of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第22-23页 |
| ·Kaplan's Pioneering Work | 第23-26页 |
| ·Later Researches on the Influence of Culture and Thinking Patterns on the Writing of English | 第26-29页 |
| ·Argumentative Writing Research | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter3 Research Design | 第32-37页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Research Methods | 第32-37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第32-34页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第34-35页 |
| ·Data Analysis Procedures | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Results and Discussions | 第37-63页 |
| ·Findings in the Introduction and Their Explanations | 第37-41页 |
| ·Way of Opening the Topic in the Introduction of the Essays | 第37-39页 |
| ·Thesis Statement | 第39-41页 |
| ·Findings of Techniques of Argument in the Body of the Essays | 第41-46页 |
| ·Dialectical Logic | 第42-43页 |
| ·Anticipating Opposition | 第43-46页 |
| ·Findings and Explanations on the Conclusion | 第46-51页 |
| ·Raising a New or Irrelevant Argument | 第47-48页 |
| ·Conclusion with Slogan Tone | 第48-51页 |
| ·Findings in Rhetoric Patterns in Students' Essays | 第51-55页 |
| ·Parallel Structure | 第51-53页 |
| ·Rhetorical Questions | 第53-55页 |
| ·Use of Personal Pronouns | 第55-57页 |
| ·Interview Results | 第57-62页 |
| ·Summary | 第62-63页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第63-71页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第63-64页 |
| ·Pedagogical Implications | 第64-70页 |
| ·Further Strengthening the Cultural Awareness of the Target Language | 第64-66页 |
| ·Integration of Writing and Reading | 第66-67页 |
| ·Discourse Analysis of the Standard Texts and Deviated Texts | 第67-69页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric between Chinese and English | 第69页 |
| ·Practice Writing with Outlines | 第69-70页 |
| ·Limitations | 第70-71页 |
| Reference | 第71-76页 |
| Appendix 1 Interview Questions | 第76-77页 |
| Appendix 2 Sample Writing | 第77-80页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第80页 |