| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background for the study | 第12-13页 |
| ·Significance of this study | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-20页 |
| ·Them-Rheme theory in writing | 第16-17页 |
| ·Categorization of repetition | 第17-18页 |
| ·Study of repetition in written texts | 第18-19页 |
| ·Study of repetition in IELTS texts | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations | 第20-26页 |
| ·Textual metafunction | 第20页 |
| ·Thematic progression | 第20-23页 |
| ·Theoretical framework of this study | 第23-26页 |
| Chapter Four Research Design | 第26-28页 |
| ·Participants | 第26页 |
| ·Data | 第26-27页 |
| ·Methodology & Procedure | 第27-28页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis of Texts | 第28-50页 |
| ·Analysis of texts from group 1 | 第29-39页 |
| ·Theme-Rheme & Repetition analysis of texts from group 1 | 第29-38页 |
| ·Textual features of texts from group 1 | 第38-39页 |
| ·Analysis of texts from group 2 | 第39-50页 |
| ·Theme-Rheme & Repetition analysis of texts from group 2 | 第39-48页 |
| ·Textual features of texts from group 2 | 第48-50页 |
| Chapter Six Results & Discussion | 第50-64页 |
| ·Repetition emerged through thematic progression in the model text | 第50-55页 |
| ·Theme-Rheme & Repetition results of Mai’s text | 第51-52页 |
| ·The organization of Mai’s text through repetition | 第52-53页 |
| ·Textual features of Mai’s Text | 第53-55页 |
| ·Repetition emerged through thematic progression in group 1’s texts | 第55-59页 |
| ·Theme-Rheme & Repetition results of Zhao’s text | 第55-56页 |
| ·The organization of Zhao’s text through repetition | 第56-57页 |
| ·Textual features of Zhao’s text | 第57-59页 |
| ·Repetition emerged through thematic progression in group 2’s texts | 第59-62页 |
| ·The Theme-Rheme & Repetition results of Xu’s text | 第59-60页 |
| ·The textual features of Xu’s text | 第60-62页 |
| ·Comparative analysis of three texts | 第62-64页 |
| ·Similarities in using repetitions | 第62页 |
| ·Differences in using repetitions | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第64-70页 |
| ·Functions of repetition | 第64-66页 |
| ·Impact of repetition on IETLS evaluation | 第66-68页 |
| ·Further development of this study | 第68-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-74页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第74-76页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第76-81页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第81-86页 |
