| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·General Introduction | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Present Study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Introduction | 第12页 |
| ·The Theoretical Contributions | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Practical Contributions | 第13页 |
| ·The Outline of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-26页 |
| ·Overview | 第15页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetoric in Forty Years | 第15-21页 |
| ·General Retrospection of Contrastive Rhetoric | 第15-17页 |
| ·Chinese-English Contrastive Rhetoric | 第17-21页 |
| ·Hu Shuzhong | 第18-19页 |
| ·Scollon and Scollon | 第19页 |
| ·Cai Jigang | 第19-21页 |
| ·Other Chinese-English Contrastive Rhetoric Studies | 第21页 |
| ·Public Speaking Study at Home and Abroad | 第21-24页 |
| ·Public Speaking Study in the West | 第21-22页 |
| ·English Public Speaking Contests Today in China | 第22-24页 |
| ·Evaluating the Previous Studies | 第24-25页 |
| ·Summary | 第25-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第26-30页 |
| ·Overview | 第26页 |
| ·Data Collection and Reliability | 第26-27页 |
| ·Analytical Framework | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 4 Contrastive Rhetoric Analysis of English Contest Speeches of Chinese and American College Students | 第30-59页 |
| ·Overview | 第30页 |
| ·Composition Writing vs. Speech Writing | 第30-32页 |
| ·Differences between Composition and Speech | 第31页 |
| ·Similarities between Composition and Speech | 第31-32页 |
| ·CR Analysis of the Speeches from the Discourse Perspective | 第32-45页 |
| ·CR Analysis of the Structural Organization Pattern of the Body of the Speech | 第32-39页 |
| ·Aristotelean Rhetoric vs. Chinese Eight-legged Essay | 第32-33页 |
| ·Structural Organization Patterns in the Body of a Speech | 第33-34页 |
| ·Quantitative Descriptive CR Analysis of the Data | 第34-37页 |
| ·Results Analysis | 第37-39页 |
| ·CR Analysis of the Reasoning Methods Used in the Speech | 第39-45页 |
| ·Types of Reasoning Methods Used in a Speech | 第39页 |
| ·Quantitative Descriptive CR Analysis of the Data | 第39-44页 |
| ·Results Analysis | 第44-45页 |
| ·CR Analysis of the Speeches from the Rhetorical Perspective | 第45-57页 |
| ·CR Analysis of the Rhetorical Strategies Employed at the Beginning and Ending of the Speech | 第45-55页 |
| ·Common Approaches to Begin a Speech | 第45-46页 |
| ·Quantitative Descriptive CR Analysis of the Data | 第46-49页 |
| ·Common Approaches to End a Speech | 第49-50页 |
| ·Quantitative Descriptive CR Analysis of the Data | 第50-54页 |
| ·Results Analysis | 第54-55页 |
| ·CR Analysis of the Rhetorical Devices in the Speech | 第55-57页 |
| ·Common Rhetorical Devices Used in the Speeches | 第55页 |
| ·Quantitative Descriptive CR Analysis of the Data | 第55-56页 |
| ·Results Analysis | 第56-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| ·Findings and Implications of the Study | 第59页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第59-60页 |
| ·Insights for Further Researches | 第60-61页 |
| Bibliography | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix 1: Sample speeches of Chinese College Students | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix 2: Sample speeches of American College Students | 第65页 |
