| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Background: A Brief Introduction to Contrastive Rhetoric | 第13-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第14-15页 |
| ·A Brief Description of the Research Design | 第15页 |
| ·Organization of the Thesis | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第17-32页 |
| ·Contrastive Rhetorical Studies Between English and Chinese Writing | 第17-26页 |
| ·Explanations of the Causes of the Differences | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Educational Explanation | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Cultural Explanation | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Linguistic Explanation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Limitations of Previous Research | 第30-31页 |
| ·Research Design of This Study | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Three A Quantitative Study of Rhetorical Organizations of Argumentative Essays by English and Chinese Natives | 第32-42页 |
| ·Description of the Quantitative Study | 第32-36页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第32-33页 |
| ·Reliability | 第33页 |
| ·Text Analysis Terms | 第33-36页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第36-41页 |
| ·Overall Textual Organization | 第36-38页 |
| ·Organization of Paragraphs | 第38-41页 |
| ·Summary | 第41-42页 |
| Chapter Four Discussion: Qualitative Explanation for the Results of the Study in the Previous Chapter | 第42-61页 |
| ·Philosophical Backgrounds Contributing to Rhetorical Organizations | 第42-50页 |
| ·Philosophical Background Contributing to English Rhetorical Organization | 第42-46页 |
| ·Philosophical Background Contributing to Chinese Rhetorical Organization | 第46-50页 |
| ·Writing Conventions in English and Chinese | 第50-60页 |
| ·English Writing Conventions | 第50-55页 |
| ·Chinese Writing Conventions | 第55-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第61-65页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Present Study | 第61-62页 |
| ·Significance of This Study | 第62-63页 |
| ·Limitations of This Study and Recommendations for Further Research | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-72页 |
| Appendix I | 第72-76页 |
| Appendix II | 第76-78页 |
