| 英文摘要 | 第1-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-16页 |
| Introduction | 第16-23页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Definition of Rhetorical Figures and the Relationship between Rhetorical Figures and Rhetorical Devices | 第23-35页 |
| 1．1 Definition of rhetorical figures | 第23-31页 |
| 1．1．1 Some known definitions | 第23-29页 |
| 1．1．2 The new definition | 第29-31页 |
| 1．2 Relationship between rhetorical figures and rhetorical devices | 第31-35页 |
| 1．2．1 Differences | 第31-32页 |
| 1．2．2 Relationship | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ The Necessity, Complexity and Feasibility of the Classification of Rhetorical Figures，and the Investigation of Known Classifications | 第35-53页 |
| 2．1 Necessity, complexity and feasibility of the classification of rhetorical figures | 第35-39页 |
| 2．1．1 Necessity of the classification | 第35-36页 |
| 2．1．2 Complexity of the classification | 第36-37页 |
| 2．1．3 Feasibility of the classification | 第37-38页 |
| 2．1．4 Differentiation of theoretical classification and practical classification | 第38-39页 |
| 2．2 Investigation of known classifications of English rhetorical figures | 第39-53页 |
| 2．2．1 Classifications into two or three classes | 第40-43页 |
| 2．2．2 Classifications into five classes | 第43-44页 |
| 2．2．3 Practical or intuitional classifications | 第44-47页 |
| 2．2．4 Loose groupings | 第47-48页 |
| 2．2．5 Classifications based on certain linguistic theories | 第48-49页 |
| 2．2．6 Classifications into four or six classes | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Group μ's System of Rhetorical Figures | 第53-88页 |
| 3．1 Fundamental figures of rhetoric | 第54-60页 |
| 3．1．1 Fields | 第55-57页 |
| 3．1．2 Operations | 第57-58页 |
| 3．1．3 A general table of rhetorical figures | 第58-60页 |
| 3．2 Narrative figures | 第60-81页 |
| 3．2．1 Figures of narrative voice | 第60-66页 |
| 3．2．2 Figures of narration | 第66-79页 |
| 3．2．2．1 Figures of expression-substance | 第69-70页 |
| 3．2．2．2 Figures of expression-form | 第70-75页 |
| 3．2．2．3 Figures of content-form | 第75-79页 |
| 3．2．3 Reflections on narrative figures | 第79-81页 |
| 3．3 Significance of Group μ's system of rhetorical figures | 第81-88页 |
| 3．3．1 Advantages | 第81-84页 |
| 3．3．2 Further inquiries | 第84-88页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ The Improved System of English Rhetorical Figures Based on Group μ's System | 第88-163页 |
| 4．1 Theoretical bases of the improved system | 第88-101页 |
| 4．1．1 The theory of deviation and the theory of decomposition | 第88-97页 |
| 4．1．1．1 The theory of deviation:degree zero and deviation | 第88-95页 |
| 4．1．1．2 The theory of decomposition | 第95-97页 |
| 4．1．2 Figures on two levels:linguistic level and the level of discourse | 第97-99页 |
| 4．1．3 Existing figures and potential figures | 第99-101页 |
| 4．2 Two parameters of the system:rhetorical fields and rhetorical operations | 第101-109页 |
| 4．2．1 Rhetorical fields | 第101-108页 |
| 4．2．1．1 Fields of fundamental rhetorical figures | 第102-107页 |
| 4．2．1．2 Fields of narrative figures | 第107-108页 |
| 4．2．2 Rhetorical operations | 第108-109页 |
| 4．3 A general improved system of English rhetorical figures | 第109-111页 |
| 4．4 The specific analysis of the improved system | 第111-156页 |
| 4．4．1 Fundamental figures | 第111-156页 |
| 4．4．1．1 The specific analysis of fundamental figures | 第111-150页 |
| 4．4．1．1．1 Metaplasms | 第111-122页 |
| 4．4．1．1．1．1 Metaphones | 第113-116页 |
| 4．4．1．1．1．2 Metagraphs | 第116-118页 |
| 4．4．1．1．1．3 Submetaplasms | 第118-122页 |
| 4．4．1．1．2 Metataxes | 第122-131页 |
| 4．4．1．1．3 Metasememes | 第131-136页 |
| 4．4．1．1．4 Metalogisms | 第136-150页 |
| 4．4．1．2 Basic principles for the classification of fundamental figures | 第150-154页 |
| 4．4．1．3 Additional directions | 第154-156页 |
| 4．4．2 Narrative figures | 第156页 |
| 4．4．3 A macro-table of English rhetorical figures | 第156页 |
| 4．5 Significance of the improved system | 第156-163页 |
| Conclusion | 第163-165页 |
| Bibliography | 第165-167页 |
